Country: Sierra Leone
Knowledge 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.
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Eliminating a Disfiguring Disease in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, mosquitos are much more than a nuisance – they also transmit harmful diseases like lymphatic filariasis.
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The ‘Great Potato’ Helps Farmers Boost Income and Health
Since she began growing it a few years ago, Massah Abdulai hasn’t stopped singing the praises of the orange-fleshed sweet potato. “Our children are getting sick less often.”
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A Tribute to Those Who Mother
To mark Mother’s Day, we celebrate the amazing fortitude and resourcefulness of mothers, grandmothers, and all those who take on mothering roles in the families and communities we serve around the world.
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Tracking Our Impact: The Many Applications of mHealth
It is no surprise phones are increasingly being used by individuals tracking their daily food intake and workout, researchers collecting data and doctors accessing patient information.
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Helping 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
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Saving Sight and Lives
Dengue. Malaria. Ebola. These are just some of the conditions that Helen Keller International staff have contracted or been exposed
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Helen 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
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Combating 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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100 Stories for 100 Years
Helen Keller International recently celebrated its Centennial Anniversary. In addition to a host of exciting commemorative events taking place in Africa,
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