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Neglected tropical diseases affect more than 1 billion people worldwide. Despite causing a wide range of devastating conditions, including blindness, painful deformities, and undernutrition, they have historically been overlooked and received too little[...]
[READ MORE]November 24, 2025
Bendera Kahindi Nyule can often be found arranging fresh, green vegetables at her stall in the local market in Mijomboni village in Kenya’s costal Kilifi[...]
[READ MORE]November 19, 2025
On a hot afternoon in Binkoloh, in Sierra Leone’s northern Bombali district, Elizabeth Sesay prepares to take her youngest child Silas to the local health clinic for a well child visit.[...]
[READ MORE]November 10, 2025
Maria Miranda has been working with the grassroots organization East LA Rising for 17 years. So, she knows all too well the barriers that people in her community face when trying to access vision care.[...]
[READ MORE]October 27, 2025
We recently spoke to Romance Dissieka, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Coordinator for Helen Keller Intl’s vitamin A work. Part of a multi-national team, Romance leads efforts to gather and use data to help reach over 40 million[...]
[READ MORE]October 16, 2025
Moshammat Rojina Begum’s eyes had been bothering her for days, making it difficult to complete her work at a garment factory in the suburbs of Dhaka,[...]
[READ MORE]October 8, 2025
Ndèye Yaga Sy is our Nutrition Policy and Advocacy Advisor based in Dakar, Senegal. She supports Helen Keller Intl’s work engaging with the Senegalese government to strengthen policies that support better nutrition and health for children and families.[...]
[READ MORE]September 15, 2025
Clear vision plays a vital role in a child’s education. Research from the International Association for the Prevention of Blindness and the Seva Foundation estimates that a child with poor vision only learns about half as much as a child who can see[...]
[READ MORE]September 2, 2025
Working to improve healthcare and nutrition requires a commitment to understanding the inequities within health and food systems – and to finding partners who can implement cost-effective solutions that improve outcomes on a large scale and for the long[...]
[READ MORE]August 25, 2025
Around the world, community health workers play an essential role in providing access to the healthcare and information people need to live healthy lives. A new three-part research series, co-authored by a team from Helen Keller Intl, aims to deepen our[...]
[READ MORE]August 14, 2025
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