Halimata is 75 years old and was blinded many years ago by a bacterial eye infection called trachoma. Thanks to a village-based surgery campaign, Halimata was recovering from surgery on both of her[...]
Across the globe, there are 200 million people at risk of trachoma, a preventable, blinding infectious disease. More than three million people are in need of immediate surgery to avoid blindness due to trichiasis, a manifestation of trachoma that causes[...]
Helen Keller International’s homestead food production programs have been featured in a new book called “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition.” Published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the book uses[...]
“One day I returned from the field and found that [my husband] had gone to draw the water and fill the cask. He had also made the fire, and told me to go wash up before coming to cook…the women in our village, seeing a man do all this for[...]
Washington, D.C.—A recent study out of Burkina Faso shows that integrating nutrition and health education and women’s empowerment interventions into an agriculture program, if well-designed and run, can improve child and maternal undernutrition in a[...]
I had never witnessed such palpable pride until I met a man who had benefited from a hydrocele operation. We were on a field trip in Burkina Faso with VIP visitors, monitoring the progress of the global project Helen Keller Intl is leading to treat and[...]
The USAID MMDP Project, managed by Helen Keller International, held its first technical trachomatous trichiasis meeting in Hammamet, Tunisia April 23-24, 2015. HKI’s Emily Toubali (pictured far left) serves as MMDP Project Director. MMDP (Morbidity[...]
Vitamin A is essential for children under five to support growth during critical development phases, as well as support young immune systems to fight common illnesses like diarrhea and[...]
Halimata is 75 years old and was blinded many years ago by a bacterial eye infection called trachoma. Thanks to a village-based surgery campaign, Halimata was recovering from surgery on both of her[...] 
"Before the surgery, I was always in pain and I couldn’t see properly. I was afraid to go outside. I rarely[...] 
Across the globe, there are 200 million people at risk of trachoma, a preventable, blinding infectious disease. More than three million people are in need of immediate surgery to avoid blindness due to trichiasis, a manifestation of trachoma that causes[...] 
Helen Keller International’s homestead food production programs have been featured in a new book called “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition.” Published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the book uses[...] 
“One day I returned from the field and found that [my husband] had gone to draw the water and fill the cask. He had also made the fire, and told me to go wash up before coming to cook…the women in our village, seeing a man do all this for[...] 
Washington, D.C.—A recent study out of Burkina Faso shows that integrating nutrition and health education and women’s empowerment interventions into an agriculture program, if well-designed and run, can improve child and maternal undernutrition in a[...] 
I had never witnessed such palpable pride until I met a man who had benefited from a hydrocele operation. We were on a field trip in Burkina Faso with VIP visitors, monitoring the progress of the global project Helen Keller Intl is leading to treat and[...] 
The USAID MMDP Project, managed by Helen Keller International, held its first technical trachomatous trichiasis meeting in Hammamet, Tunisia April 23-24, 2015. HKI’s Emily Toubali (pictured far left) serves as MMDP Project Director. MMDP (Morbidity[...] 
Vitamin A is essential for children under five to support growth during critical development phases, as well as support young immune systems to fight common illnesses like diarrhea and[...]