Francesca Kalinga, in the centre, and other local women travel from the village of Usoranga in order to collect water from a nearby well. © Robert Perry/Scotland on Sunday/Sightsavers

Tanzania

Tanzania was established as a united republic in 1964, following the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The coastal belt where a large part of the population live is a flat lowland along the Indian Ocean with a tropical climate.

Sightsavers in Tanzania

Sightsavers has been helping to develop eye care services in Tanzania since the 1950s. By working in partnership with government and local organisations we have helped establish a health system which links up eye care, education and rehabilitation services in the most needy regions in the country.

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Achievements

 

In 2010 in Tanzania, we supported our partners to carry out:

• Over 1 million Mectizan® treatments to prevent river blindness
• 83,790 treatments for eye related problems
• 3,522 cataract operations

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Cataract

River Blindness

Trachoma

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