Eye health
Health and hygiene among the girl child
A School based Study on Hygiene, Sanitation and Health among Girls in Howrah: Knowledge and Practices.
Sightsavers India bags the prestigious ICC Social Impact award felicitated by Indian Chamber of Commerce
There were 45 shortlisted projects in the prominent ICC Social Impact Award and Sightsavers India came out victorious in the Health Domain category.
Sightsavers Honorary Brand Ambassador Kabir Bedi encourages truck drivers to get their eyes tested
Kabir Bedi, the Brand Ambassador of Sightsavers India, visited the eye screening camp in Bhiwandi on the successful completion of its one year.
A thank you note from the CEO
Since 1966 we have been striving to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people who are irreversibly blind or disabled lead a life of independence.
Inauguration of the Renovated Eye Hospital in Kamakhyanagar
The renovated eye unit in Kamakhyanagar Sub-Divisional Hospital (SDH), Dhenkanal, strengthened by Sightsavers was inaugurated by the Chief District Medical Officer Shri Basudev Behera on 20th September 2018. Sightsavers India East Director- Mr Sudipta Mohanty, Shri Akbar Mehfuz Alam- State Programme Manager at Sightsavers India,
Sightsavers launches its fourth Static Vision Centre under RAAHI in Ballabhgarh, Haryana
Sightsavers opened a new Vision Centre under the RAAHI- National Truckers’ Eye Health Programme in Transport Nagar Ballabhgarh, Haryana. RAAHI is designed to align with the Sightsavers global Uncorrected Refractive Error Strategy where Road safety is a core component. The truckers were given free eye checkups and corrective measure to combat with their eye health issues.
The five year long Sundarbans Eye Health project comes to an end
Sightsavers India has culminated its five yearlong Sundarbans Eye Health Project with Standard Chartered Bank. The report outlines 5 year progress of eye health project in the Sundarbans. The goal of the project was to contribute towards elimination of avoidable blindness in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal by 2018.
Sightsavers signs an MoU with Department of Health, Government of Bihar
The State Health Society Bihar (SHSB) and Sightsavers India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment (NPCB&VI) in the State of Bihar.
Envisioning a beautiful tomorrow
In most rural communities, eye health (if available) is limited to cataract screening with limited or no attention given to other eye ailments.
Younus’ story
75 year old Younus was diagnosed with cataract in both eyes and was brought to Sitapur Eye Hospital by the eye screening team for the cataract operation.
