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Two Instagram images, one featuring a sunflower and the other featuring a girl with cucumber on her eye, with the text Love Your Eyes.

News / Eye health /

On 14 October 2021, Sightsavers’ corporate partners celebrated World Sight Day to raise awareness about the importance of access to good eye care.

October 2021

Women waiting in a queue to get their eyes checked.

News / Eye health /

Sightsavers is marking World Sight Day on 14 October by highlighting that the number of people worldwide who are blind could reach 115 million by 2050.

October 2021

A man wearing sunglasses smiles with his two happy grandchildren.

Stories / Eye health /

Father and grandfather Sardar from Pakistan is the main breadwinner for his family. But his children and grandchildren faced an uncertain future when he began to develop cataracts.

Four patients wait while socially distancing for their trauchoma surgery while wearing PPE and face masks.

From the field / Eye health /

Throughout the pandemic, our priority has been to restart our work quickly and safely. Sightsavers staff reveal our how eye care programmes have evolved in the past 18 months.

October 2021

A screengrab from Sumrana Yasmin and Mutave Mutemi video interview.

Blogs / Eye health /

In an interview for World Sight Day 2021, Sumrana Yasmin, Sightsavers’ global technical lead for eye health, talks to Mutave Mutemi about her work, the global eye health crisis and how we all have a part to play in addressing it.

Sightsavers, October 2021

Safia has her eyes examined by a health worker to check for signs of trachoma.

From the field / Eye health /

The Accelerate programme, supported by Sightsavers, aims to stop people going blind from trachoma. In Benin, five patients reveal how the programme has changed their lives.

September 2021

A man sitting on a hospital bed is interviewed by a Sightsavers staff member.

Blogs / Eye health /

The Keep Sight initiative shares its findings on how social behaviour change could address the problem of people losing their sight because of glaucoma.

Selben Penzin, September 2021

L'Occitane's 'Caring for Sight' gift boxes and products, displayed alongside a sketchbook with illustrations

News / Eye health /

To mark World Sight Day, L’Occitane has launched its ‘Caring for Sight’ collection, with €5 from every box sold supporting Sightsavers’ work in Bangladesh.

September 2021

Student Ariane smiles at her desk while wearing her new glasses.

Reports / Eye health /

This new refractive error strategy, building on achievements to date, aims to accelerate access to, and use of, equitable and inclusive refractive services.

Reports / Eye health /

Learn about Sightsavers’ plans to expand coverage of essential eye health services to ensure they are sustainable, resilient, and accessible and affordable to all.

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Eye health

World Sight Day 2021: how our corporate partners helped us celebrate

World Sight Day: Sightsavers calls for urgent action on global eye health

“Now I can see again, I can make money to support my family”

Eye care and COVID-19: what we’ve learned during the pandemic

What do we mean by the global eye health crisis?

Seeing clearly: five sight-saving stories in Benin

‘Prevention is better than cure’: How social behaviour change prevents glaucoma blindness

L’Occitane supports Sightsavers with new gift boxes

Sightsavers refractive error strategy: tackling the world’s biggest cause of visual impairment

Sightsavers eye health strategy: achieving quality eye health services for everyone

Protecting sight, fighting disease and promoting equality for all