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This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) is the first global report assessing visual impairment worldwide. Of the 2.2 billion people with visual impairment, more than 1 billion people could have prevented or reduced their vision loss through proper intervention, such as the treatment of cataracts, preventing diabetes related blindness, or wearing glasses. Addressing The burden of visual impairment is not spread equally—those suffering most are women, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, or are…

This evidence report from the Institute for Development Studies examines a study of women’s access to sanitation through a Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) program. Focusing on the slums of Kalyani in the West Bengal state of India, the study follows the transformation of these slums into the first Open Defecation Free (ODF) town in India. Using this case, the report identifies far-reaching benefits of the CLTS approach, from the immediate effects on sanitation and hygiene…

This report from the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems addresses the need to feed a growing global population with a healthy diet while also improving sustainable food systems that minimize damage to the planet. The commission describes a “universal healthy reference diet”—which relies on increased consumption of plant-based foods and decreased consumption of unhealthy foods, including red meat, sugar, and refined grains—in order to provide major health benefits, such as reducing…