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Program Area: Nutrition

Science: Cuts to Helen Keller’s Nutrition Work in Nepal Threaten Children’s Lives

A child in Nepal has his arm measured to screen for malnutrition.Science Magazine’s latest cover story spotlights the devastating consequences children in Nepal are facing because of US funding cuts to nutrition work. The article also highlights Helen Keller Intl’s remarkable legacy of improving health and wellbeing[...]

New York Times Editorial Praises ‘Nifty, Elegant and Cheap’ Interventions to Combat Malnutrition

People harvesting sweet potatoes in a farm.In an opinion piece for The New York Times, writer Nicholas Kristof champions the “nifty, elegant and cheap solutions to global hunger” advanced by Helen Keller[...]

Combatting Malnutrition in Mozambique Communities

A large group of people sit outside in a community in Mozambique listening to a man speak.Efero Wilson's two-year-old son, Vasco Patreque, was listless and wasn’t interested in playing. She was concerned that he also had unexplained swelling in some areas of his[...]

Speaking Technically: Improving Nutrition for Displaced Families in Nigeria

Group of women listening to health education sessionWe recently spoke with Donna J. Jultuda, State Coordinator for Helen Keller Intl in Adamawa, Nigeria.  Donna has led our work to improve health and nutrition for women and children among internally displaced people in Adamawa since[...]

AP Reports Life-Threatening Impacts of US Government Funding Cuts

Child's arm being measured for malnutrition assessment in NigeriaIn a recent Associated Press article, journalist Taiwo Adebayo highlights the deadly consequences of the United States government funding cuts for children facing[...]

Building a Healthier World for All: Commitments of $27 Billion Pledged at 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit

A woman and her young daughter prepare vegetables in Nepal.Last week, policy advocates, philanthropic partners, and global leaders convened in Paris for the Nutrition for Growth Summit—where they affirmed their collective commitment to ending global[...]

Forbes Cites Helen Keller’s Nigeria Work as Example of Nutrition Funding Cuts Threatening 369,000 Children’s Lives

A young Nigerian boy has his arm measured to check for malnutrition.In a new article for Forbes, Daphne Ewing-Chow warns that government cuts to nutrition funding could lead to the death of hundreds of thousands of children this year[...]

New From Science: Cuts to Helen Keller’s Nutrition Work Create Life-threatening Consequences

A small Nepali child holds a fistful of food while sitting in his mother's lap.In a new piece for Science, Catherine Offord details the escalating threats to the health and lives of children due to reduced government funding to combat severe[...]

Helen Keller Intl Joins Partners at Nutrition for Growth in Affirming Commitment to Combat Malnutrition

A mother in Kenya holds a small bowl in front of her young child as the child raises as spoon to the bowl. A community health worker looks on in the background.The 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit offers a critical opportunity to recommit to the global goal of ending malnutrition. Helen Keller Intl and Helen Keller Europe are proud to stand with like-minded leaders, governments, and organizations to pledge our[...]

The Hill Spotlights Helen Keller’s Lifesaving Work Halted by USAID Cuts

A young girl in Sierra Leone holds out a pill in one hand and a plastic pitcher of water in the other.The Hill sheds light on the thousands of lifesaving health programs that have been disrupted due to sweeping cuts to[...]
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