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Eye health strategy 2013–2018 summary
Eye health in context
285
million
Low vision
246 million
of which
people have a 39 million
Blind
visual impairment
Inequality in numbers
90% 80% 66%
of people with visual of blindness or two-thirds of
impairments live in a is curable or people who are
developing country preventable blind are women
Avoidable blindness
20 1.5
million people million people
are blind from are blind from
untreated preventable
cataracts NTDs
Sightsavers’ eye health strategy 2013–2018 can be downloaded in full from
www.sightsavers.org/policy-and-research/health
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Sightsavers’ vision and mission
Sightsavers’ vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes
and where visually impaired people participate equally in society.
We are an international organization working with partners in developing
countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of
opportunity for people with disabilities.
Programme goals
Sightsavers’ ultimate strategic aim
is for governments to ensure that Sightsavers’ eye health strategy
good quality eye care is available to provides a clear vision of our
all people as an integral part of wider programmatic approach to eye
health systems. health for the next five years
(2013–2018). It describes where
We believe that strong health we will invest resources and
systems aligned to clear government how we will work with a variety
policy are essential to create an of stakeholders to achieve our
environment for the elimination of strategic goals.
avoidable blindness.
We work to encourage individuals to seek help for their
eye conditions and understand the value that treatment
and healthy eyes can bring
Eye health strategy 2013–2018 summary 3Programme approach
Our programmatic approach is guided by the principle of affordable
universal health coverage and a health system strengthening approach
based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) six building blocks.
Our programmes work to address approaches to providing universally
both supply and demand challenges available eye health services within
in each national context through the overall health system, which can
interventions such as training of be scaled up and replicated.
health care workers, community In order to ensure that our
sensitisation to encourage health interventions are reaching the most
seeking behaviour and advocating marginalised people, our programme
for policy change and inclusion for approach is to mainstream gender
the most marginalised people. and ensure the inclusion of people
Our primary approach is to work with with disabilities.
or influence ministries of health at Sustainability is a key focus of our
national and district level to provide programme design and we work
or facilitate the provision of quality, closely with our partners to ensure
affordable eye care services as part interventions can be sustained after
of the wider health systems. We a project has ended.
aim to demonstrate cost-effective
Demand objective Supply objective
Sightsavers eye health objectives based on the WHO
Patients and communities benefit Governments provide quality eye
from improved provisions and care as an integral part of wider
building blocks for health system strengthening
access to quality eye care services health systems
WHO health system building blocks
Leadership Health information
Service delivery
and governance management systems
Medicines, Human resources
Health financing technologies and
infrastructure for health
Improved Improved Social and
Responsive financial risk
health efficiency protection
Strengthened health system outcomes
4Specific programmatic Diabetic retinopathy: developing
interventions and incorporating elements of
prevention and treatment of sight-
Sightsavers works in an integrated threatening diabetic retinopathy
way to target conditions causing through public health awareness
avoidable blindness. Our eye health campaigns, early detection, and
programmes are designed to meet referral mechanisms linked to
specific needs for the countries existing diabetic and general health
where we work. Interventions and services.
approaches include:
Neglected tropical diseases:
Cataract surgery: Focusing on developing and implementing
increasing quality and coverage. neglected tropical disease
Uncorrected refractive error: (NTD) fast track initiatives to
developing innovative interventions accelerate elimination of river
to deliver quality, equitable and cost- blindness (onchocerciasis) and
effective refractive error services to trachoma in all Sightsavers-
children and adults by using patient- supported countries.
centred approaches.
For further information on our
Low vision: Working to
approach to eye health and
integrate low vision rehabilitation
programmatic activities visit the
into health, educational and social
Policy and Research pages on
inclusion services to increase the
www.sightsavers.org
awareness among communities,
health and education professionals,
and governments.
Glaucoma: implementing and
piloting public health strategies for
the prevention and treatment of
glaucoma.
Child eye health: focusing on
integrating vision screening and
treatment of uncorrected refractive
error for children, within school
health programmes, for the
treatment of childhood cataracts
and other leading causes of visual
impairment in children. We support global initiatives dedicated to
improving the numbers of health workers
in developing countries, with an emphasis
on human resources for eye health
5Evidence generation
High quality research is essential blindness, and allow people with
for successful delivery of our eye disabilities equal opportunities for
health strategy and programmes. participation within society.
Gathering and disseminating sound As an organisation we have robust
research evidence is the best way monitoring and evaluations systems
of ensuring our programmes are in place which are applied to all of
demonstrating scalable and cost- our programmes. This ensures high
effective approaches that are quality learning is generated and
meeting the needs of the people utilised in real time.
they are designed to serve.
Sightsavers’ research strategy 2014-
Research evidence is also a strong 2019 sets out key objectives to guide
tool for advocating with governments our decisionmaking around research
and policymakers for improved focuses over this strategy period.
policies and environments that
lead to the elimination of avoidable
Policy and advocacy
We recognise that our work in eye health will only be truly sustainable if we
are also able to change the policies and practices of the wider health system.
Our global advocacy strategy focuses with governments, and other
on implementation of the Sustainable stakeholders, to ensure that their
Development Goals and the WHO plans, policies and legislation
Global Action Plan on Universal effectively integrates eye health
Eye Health. We work to ensure that within stronger health systems in
regional and international policy order that our impact is national
frameworks promote equitable and not confined to the project area.
access to eye health, and that
international development policies
in the UK and other countries Our eye health programmes
effectively promote health system focus on key cross-cutting
strengthening and universal access. themes, including: gender,
disability, sustainability, system
Informed by research findings, strengthening, and training and
programme evidence and policy capacity building
analysis, Sightsavers engages
6Where we work*
Countries where we currently have active eye health projects
Country specific interventions include:
Bangladesh Mozambique
Benin Nigeria
Burkina Faso Pakistan
Cameroon Senegal
Caribbean Sierra Leone
Chad South Sudan
Congo Sri Lanka
Côte d’Ivoire Sudan
Democratic Republic Tanzania
of the Congo The Gambia
Ghana Togo
Guinea Bissau Uganda
Guinea Conakry Zambia
India Zimbabwe
Kenya
Liberia
Cataract Onchocerciasis
Malawi
Mali Trachoma Uncorrected
refractive error
Health worker
training
*S
ightsavers programming is continually evolving to best support demand and supply objectives. For the latest description visit www.sightsavers.org
7We work with partners in developing countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities. www.sightsavers.org You can help spread the word about our work Share Sightsavers Follow @Sightsavers 2a Halifax Road, Melksham, SN12 6YY UK +44 (0)1444 446 600 info@sightsavers.org Registered charity numbers 207544 and SC038110
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