Trachoma Webinar: From a neglected disease to near elimination in the blink of an eye

For this webinar, we shared Dr Caroline Harper’s Hemingway Award acceptance speech on the progress made towards eliminating trachoma.

Dr Harper, who had served as Chief Executive of Sightsavers since 2005, was instrumental in transforming the organisation into a global force that treated millions of people annually and advocated for policy reforms worldwide.

She played a key role in developing the partnerships that funded the Global Trachoma Mapping Project, and subsequently secured more than £150 million to help end the risk of trachoma-related blindness in Africa.

“I am honoured to be the first recipient of the Hemingway Award, which celebrates the huge contribution of Professor Janet Hemingway."

Dr Caroline Harper, 2019 Hemingway Award recipient