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Four-month-old Samson Salo receives a dose of vitamin A at the Madamani Dispensary during Malezi Bora.

This costs just cents and could prevent half-a-million children from going...

Adri Kotze and Shadrack Kavilu - September 14, 2017

A high proportion of Egypt’s population is blind or visually impaired but this does not stop them playing football. The ball rattles as it moves

Football like you’ve never seen it: On the pitch with this...

Ati Metwaly - June 21, 2017

Ask a different question and you may get a different answer: New research finds that the way in which you ask about disability may determine national statistics

Service delivery starts with data. See who’s been missing from the...

Dominic Haslam - February 22, 2017

More than 876-million school-age children are at risk of becoming infected with potentially sight-stealing parasites.

A sight for sore eyes: Teachers test pupils’ eyes to keep...

Imran Khan - November 2, 2016

Cataract surgery will become part of Madagascar's universal healthcare programme.

Truth about cataracts is plain to see: They can be treated

Faranaaz Parker - April 7, 2016

Blind and partially sighted children are deprived of quality education in South Africa.

‘Horrendous’ state of schools for the blind in the spotlight

Amy Green - April 6, 2016

Social justice organisation

Game-changing technology for blind people – at a price

Amy Green - March 22, 2016

Kehinde Oluwafemi with his mother before eye surgery.

‘No child should go blind’

Amy Green - September 5, 2013

Reading is believing: A copyright waiver will make material for the visually impaired much more accessible.

Landmark treaty breaks down book barriers for the blind

Mara Kardas-Nelson - July 5, 2013

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