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The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) takes place every year on 13 October. This year, the focus is on public health, disease outbreaks as well as disaster risk governance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) celebrated every year on 13 October, we revisit this personal commentary piece by Dr. Rainer Brockhaus, CEO of CBM. The article first appeared in the German magazine 'Welt Sichten' in July 2020.

On 7th October, the World Health Organization launches the guide ‘Mental health and neglected tropical diseases: towards a person-centred approach’. CBM is proud to have been part of a partnership calling for better attention to be paid to mental wellbeing for people affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases.

World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness around blindness and visual impairment. This year it will be celebrated on 8 October, with the theme ‘Hope in Sight’.

Myanmar has become the latest country to eliminate trachoma – the world’s leading infectious cause of preventable blindness - after validation results were announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month.

Thanks to all our wonderful donors, CBM was able to carry out the 15 millionth cataract operation this year! Because of this surgery, three-year-old Nakisinde from Uganda can finally discover the world with her own eyes.