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Media Mention
NPR: Funding Cuts Threaten Decades of Progress in the Fight Against Debilitating Diseases

A story from NPR details the incredible progress Mali has made in fighting neglected tropical diseases - but warns this legacy is now at risk due to cuts to US government[...]

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December 10, 2025

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Madagascar
Speaking Technically: Improving Nutrition through Large-scale Food Fortification in Madagascar

Based in Antananarivo, Britney H. Rasolonirina Andrianjanaka leads our food fortification work in Madagascar. Together with government officials, business leaders, and nonprofit partners, she’s working to bring fortified staple foods – such as flour and[...]

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December 8, 2025

Mother and child in Nepal after USAID termination
Media Mention
Devex: Nepal’s nutrition gains at risk after funding cuts

Over the last three decades, Nepal has steadily reduced child malnutrition, but U.S. funding cuts now threaten to reverse that progress – according to coverage from[...]

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December 5, 2025

Young child receiving vitamin A supplementation while being held by mother
Media Mention
Helen Keller Celebrated as Top Charity by Vox Columnists

Vox has once again championed Helen Keller Intl as one of the best, most cost-effective global health charities.  In their annual Giving Tuesday Guide, the Vox team praised Helen Keller for our work supporting vitamin A supplementation across[...]

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December 4, 2025

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Multi-Country
Controlling and Eliminating Devastating but Preventable Neglected Tropical Diseases

Neglected tropical diseases affect more than 1 billion people worldwide. Despite causing a wide range of devastating conditions, including blindness, painful deformities, and undernutrition, they have historically been overlooked and received too little[...]

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November 24, 2025

A man hands a woman pill while standing outside in Burkina Faso.
Press Release
Nick Kristof Names Helen Keller Intl as 2025 Holiday Impact Prize Honoree

Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist, announced that Helen Keller Intl will be honored as a recipient of this year’s Holiday Impact Prize.[...]

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November 22, 2025

A mother in Nepal sits with her young daughter.
Media Mention
BBC: Helen Keller Mobilizes Emergency Funding to Protect Life-saving Work in Nepal and Beyond

A radio feature from the BBC World Service reports on how global health organizations are responding to the loss of US government funding, highlighting Helen Keller Intl as one nonprofit that rapidly mobilized emergency support to sustain essential,[...]

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November 20, 2025

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Kenya
Helping Families Treat Malnutrition for Healthier Futures in Kenya

Bendera Kahindi Nyule can often be found arranging fresh, green vegetables at her stall in the local market in Mijomboni village in Kenya’s costal Kilifi[...]

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November 19, 2025

Healthcare worker teaching mother child nutrition
Sierra Leone
Integrated Health Services Support Brighter Futures in Sierra Leone

On a hot afternoon in Binkoloh, in Sierra Leone’s northern Bombali district, Elizabeth Sesay prepares to take her youngest child Silas to the local health clinic for a well child visit.[...]

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November 10, 2025

Optometrist testing vision of young girl
United States
Expanding Vision Care in East Los Angeles

Maria Miranda has been working with the grassroots organization East LA Rising for 17 years. So, she knows all too well the barriers that people in her community face when trying to access vision care.[...]

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October 27, 2025

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