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Category: Protecting Health

Malnutrition Treatment Helps Children in Cambodia Thrive 

Grandmother and grandson sitting together on the ground in front of their home.Sok Mon was worried about her grandson Bo Mongkol. The then 20-month-old had trouble even walking, let alone running or playing with the other children in their rural village in the Takeo Province of[...]

Better Nutrition Means Better Health for Moms and Babies in Nepal 

Woman holding baby wrapped in blue blanketDuring her first pregnancy, Sanjita received iron-folic acid tablets as a prenatal supplement but had trouble with the pills. “I had a struggle taking the tablets. It smelled bad”, says Sanjita.[...]

Helen Keller in New York Times: ‘Giving up is not an option’ in battle against neglected tropical disease  

Healthcare worker giving medicine to elderly womanA deeply reported story from The New York Times details Cameroon’s progress toward eliminating neglected tropical diseases, featuring the voices of Helen Keller Intl’s government partners, community health workers, and program[...]

Continuing the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases [Photo Essay]

Hand holding pills and blue cup of waterThe past year has been a rollercoaster ride in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, bringing unforeseen challenges as well as unexpected optimism. In early 2025, we witnessed the abrupt termination of US foreign assistance funding. With it,[...]

Building a Healthier World for All: 2025 Year in Review [Photo Essay]

Man giving medicine to woman outsideThis year has been met with unprecedented challenges. Millions of families face growing crises due to rising costs, climate disasters, and conflict. On top of that, US government funding cuts left tens of millions of people without access to critical[...]

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

Close up shot of the Praziquantel drugA 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[...]

Devex: Nepal’s nutrition gains at risk after funding cuts

Mother and child in Nepal after USAID terminationOver 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[...]

Controlling and Eliminating Devastating but Preventable Neglected Tropical Diseases

Health worker preparing medication for elderly womanNeglected 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[...]

Nick Kristof Names Helen Keller Intl as 2025 Holiday Impact Prize Honoree

A man hands a woman pill while standing outside in Burkina Faso.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.[...]

Integrated Health Services Support Brighter Futures in Sierra Leone

Healthcare worker teaching mother child nutritionOn 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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