Category: Protecting Health
Health Through Knowledge: Addressing Global Needs in Lymphedema
2016 World Lymphedema Day is March 6. During the January 2016 filming of the USAID MMDP Project hydrocele and lymphedema
Read more about Health Through Knowledge: Addressing Global Needs in LymphedemaZika Virus Outbreak Highlights Need to Address All Neglected Tropical Diseases
Helen Keller International Stephanie Palmer, Program Manager for Integrated Control of NTDs, recently spoke with the Deseret News about the urgent
Read more about Zika Virus Outbreak Highlights Need to Address All Neglected Tropical DiseasesThe Lancet Breastfeeding Series
Helen Keller International’s Elizabeth Zehner, project director for the ARCH child feeding research project, weighs in on The Lancet breastfeeding series.
Read more about The Lancet Breastfeeding SeriesHelping Eliminate Snail Fever in Sierra Leone
When Sahr Gando, a miner and farmer living in Sierra Leone’s Kono District, contracted schistosomiasis, he found himself unable to
Read more about Helping Eliminate Snail Fever in Sierra LeoneFaith in Our Efforts
In my experience working with Helen Keller Intl in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one thing that has been a
Read more about Faith in Our EffortsA Golden Opportunity for Helen Keller International
Helen Keller International set up the first modern cataract center outside Hanoi and HCMC in Nam Dinh in 1994; an easy 4 hour drive South from Hanoi, where electricity was relatively reliable and there were already skilled surgeons.
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Dengue. Malaria. Ebola. These are just some of the conditions that Helen Keller International staff have contracted or been exposed
Read more about Saving Sight and LivesUnderstanding What We Do
Excerpted from Kate Ganz’s acceptance speech upon receiving the 2013 Spirit of Helen Keller Award. When I thought about what
Read more about Understanding What We DoHelen Keller International and TOMS: Motivating Community Drug Distributors in Sierra Leone
This story was originally posted on End in Africa’s website on August 20, 2015. “My old shoes are worn out
Read more about Helen Keller International and TOMS: Motivating Community Drug Distributors in Sierra LeoneCombating River Blindness in Sierra Leone
It was on an Helen Keller Intl Board trip to Sierra Leone in February 2014 that our group visited a
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