Helen Keller International on Capitol Hill

Helen Keller staff on Capitol HillThis month Helen Keller International took part in two important events in Washington, DC, to increase support for programs empowering women through better access to health services and good nutrition. Vice President, Nutrition Rolf Klemm joined[...]

Health Through Knowledge: Addressing Global Needs in Lymphedema

Group of people sitting outside while a man hands a bucket to a woman.2016 World Lymphedema Day is March 6. During the January 2016 filming of the USAID MMDP Project hydrocele and lymphedema management training videos in Dixcove, Ghana, Dr. Danny Haddad, MMDP Project Technical Director, and Dr. Sunny Mante, MMDP Project[...]

The Lancet Breastfeeding Series

Two girls seated on the floor in a classroom setting, wearing traditional clothing.Helen Keller International's Elizabeth Zehner, project director for the ARCH child feeding research project, weighs in on The Lancet breastfeeding[...]

Helping Eliminate Snail Fever in Sierra Leone

Young man stands smiling near a group of people mining in a muddy field.When Sahr Gando, a miner and farmer living in Sierra Leone’s Kono District, contracted schistosomiasis, he found himself unable to work, due to the severe abdominal pain and other debilitating symptoms, and unable to support his family. Schistosomiasis, or[...]

Faith in Our Efforts

Health worker giving vitamin A supplement to a young girl while other children watch.In my experience working with Helen Keller Intl in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one thing that has been a constant is the positive feedback from partners working on the ground to improve the health and nutrition of children across the country. This has[...]

A Golden Opportunity for Helen Keller International

Optometrist uses autorefractor to check vision of young girl in clinic. Eye care professional performing eye exam with children waiting in background.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[...]