Category: Protecting Health
Cote d’Ivoire: Local “Vitamin A Heroes” Face Major New Obstacle to Saving Children’s Lives
For the past three years, community health volunteer, Moriame Sidibé, has served her community by going door to door to administer lifesaving vitamin A supplementation to children during biyearly campaigns. Now, the threat of Covid-19 has dramatically changed the landscape.
Read more about Cote d’Ivoire: Local “Vitamin A Heroes” Face Major New Obstacle to Saving Children’s LivesHelen Keller Intl Issues Guidance for Delivery of Lifesaving Vitamin A in COVID-19 Crisis
Mass door-to-door health campaigns could inadvertently spread COVID-19 infections and put children and health workers at risk. Helen Keller Intl and partners have issued guidance to governments for safe delivery of vitamin A supplementation programs during the pandemic.
Read more about Helen Keller Intl Issues Guidance for Delivery of Lifesaving Vitamin A in COVID-19 CrisisCOVID-19: Helen Keller Intl Safeguarding the Most Vulnerable People
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate, Helen Keller Intl is taking immediate action to respond urgently, effectively, and compassionately.
Read more about COVID-19: Helen Keller Intl Safeguarding the Most Vulnerable PeopleWorld Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
Today, for the first time in history, the world is celebrating World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day.
Read more about World Neglected Tropical Diseases DaySisterhood is Powerful: World Breastfeeding Week 2019
Sylvia Awino Atero’s sister-in-law died giving birth to her baby girl, Jeni. Sylvia took in Jeni as her own and overcame deep community taboos about breastfeeding to help the baby thrive.
Read more about Sisterhood is Powerful: World Breastfeeding Week 2019USAID-funded MMDP Project: A New Chance at Life
To give affected people a new chance at life by saving sight and restoring mobility, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) made a significant investment in 2014 by funding the five-year, flagship Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention Project.
Read more about USAID-funded MMDP Project: A New Chance at LifeKnowledge Ensures Healthy Babies and Healthy Mothers
It’s a special service day in Gbondapi town, Sierra Leone, and that means the long wooden benches in the foyer of the health center are filled exclusively with mothers and their young children.
Read more about Knowledge Ensures Healthy Babies and Healthy MothersEliminating a Disfiguring Disease in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, mosquitos are much more than a nuisance – they also transmit harmful diseases like lymphatic filariasis.
Read more about Eliminating a Disfiguring Disease in Sierra LeoneHelen Keller International Named a Top Charity by GiveWell
GiveWell has named Helen Keller International’s vitamin A supplementation (VAS) program a top charity.
Read more about Helen Keller International Named a Top Charity by GiveWellA Community Health Worker’s Quest to Serve
My name is Domingo Gimo. I’m 41 years old, and for the past ten years I’ve been a community health worker for the villages of Chicomphende, Carata, Nhampondo, Nhamigoma and Ndewe, all in the Changara district of Mozambique.
Read more about A Community Health Worker’s Quest to Serve