Neglected Tropical Diseases Archives

Helen Keller International on Capitol Hill

This month Helen Keller International took part in two important events in Washington, DC, to increase support for programs empowering

2016 World Lymphedema Day is March 6. During the January 2016 filming of the USAID MMDP Project hydrocele and lymphedema

Helen Keller International Stephanie Palmer, Program Manager for Integrated Control of NTDs, recently spoke with the Deseret News about the urgent

When Sahr Gando, a miner and farmer living in Sierra Leone’s Kono District, contracted schistosomiasis, he found himself unable to

Dengue. Malaria. Ebola. These are just some of the conditions that Helen Keller International staff have contracted or been exposed

This story was originally posted on End in Africa’s website on August 20, 2015. “My old shoes are worn out

It was on an Helen Keller Intl Board trip to Sierra Leone in February 2014 that our group visited a

Mette Kjaer Kinoti, Helen Keller Intl Vice President for Africa, recently visited Mali and met with some beneficiaries of the

It was moving to see how our ongoing efforts around awareness and prevention were having an impact in this community.

A version of this blog originally appeared in the Huffington Post on June 11, 2015. I have never been one