Helping Children Grow Up Healthier with Vitamin A
Helping Children Grow Up Healthier with Vitamin AVitamin A is critical to children’s healthy growth and development. This essential micronutrient not only protects and strengthens vision, but it helps build strong immune systems. For more than 50 years, Helen Keller Intl has been at the forefront of vitamin A supplementation for children around the world. […]
Speaking Technically: Investing in the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
Speaking Technically: Investing in the Fight Against Neglected Tropical DiseasesWe recently spoke with Dr. Angela Weaver, Vice President for Neglected Tropical Diseases. Angela leads Helen Keller Intl’s work to control and eliminate these diseases – specifically lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), river blindness (onchocerciasis), schistosomiasis, intestinal worms (soil-transmitted helminths), and trachoma. Often called “diseases of poverty”, this […]
3 Things I’m Optimistic About in 2024
3 Things I’m Optimistic About in 2024 Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller On January 1st, I stepped into some very big shoes as Helen Keller Intl’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Together, we are 20 countries strong, helping more than 70 […]
3 Things to be Optimistic about in 2023
3 Things to be Optimistic about in 2023 Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller Just like Helen Keller herself, many of the families Helen Keller Intl works with face staggering odds that can seem insurmountable – from food insecurity to climate crises to […]
“Laying” The Groundwork For Health And Well-Being: From Poultry To Vegetables, Homestead Farming Empowers Families
“Laying” The Groundwork For Health And Well-Being: From Poultry To Vegetables, Homestead Farming Empowers FamiliesWe’re bringing you a deep dive into how we empower the poorest communities in Africa and Asia with the education and resources needed to raise their own nutritious foods. While Helen Keller Intl has been investing in homestead farming for years, […]
Hunger Report: How we are combatting malnutrition and food insecurity
As a global pandemic endangered the world’s most vulnerable people, we responded swiftly, with a science-based strategy to address the far-reaching ripple effects of COVID-19, including rising poverty and extreme hunger.
2018 Year in Review
We welcome 2019 and all the opportunities it brings to strengthen our impact and accelerate our progress toward improving the health of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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.
World Health Assembly Welcomes Resolution to Protect Infant and Child Nutrition
World Health Assembly Welcomes Resolution to Protect Infant and Child NutritionIt’s been 35 years since the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (the Code) was passed by the World Health Assembly (WHA). Last month, leaders at the 69th Assembly welcomed a new resolution aimed at protecting breastfeeding and the appropriate complementary feeding of young […]
Helen Keller Research Informs Global Health Policies on Infant and Young Child Health
Helen Keller Research Informs Global Health Policies on Infant and Young Child HealthImage: Ad in Senegal for Bledina products cross-promotes breastmilk substitutes with complementary foods for older children. Nutrition during the first two years of life is key. It helps children grow, feeds intelligence, and provides the foundation for a healthy and productive life. Focusing […]
