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NTDs and WASH Programs - January 24, 2013
Reduction in child mortality in Niger - January 4, 2013
National Policy Dialogue - December 27, 2012
Free Eye Glasses Distributed to School Children with Difficulty in Ha Dong - December 25, 2012
10,000 School Children in Kon Tum Province Receive Free Eyeglasses - August 13, 2012
SAFE strategy for blinding trachoma addresses sanitation, the other half of MDG7 - July 7, 2012
A Change Sweeps Across West Africa - June 4, 2012
Eyeglass Distribution Changing Lives in Vietnam - April 19, 2012
Taiwan donates to help Burkina Faso school children - April 5, 2012
Local man envisions eliminating vitamin A deficiency - February 25, 2012
Cameroon: Balanced diet training ends in Douala - February 23, 2012
Grant Supports Better Sight for City's Students - February 2, 2012
97% of School Age Children Received Deworming Treatment in 2011 - February 2, 2012
Food Fortification in Cameroon: Strengthening the Public's Health - January 26, 2012
Fortification Alimentaire au Cameroun: Renforcement De La Sante Publique - January 26, 2012
Better Sight for Bridgeport Students - January 25, 2012
A Fortified Future For Mali - January 6, 2012
A "Clearer" Future for Thousands More Children - December 19, 2011
Gifts That Say You Care - December 4, 2011
Twice-yearly Maternal and Child Health Weeks Reduce Child Mortality in Sierra Leone - November 29, 2011
Saving Lives with Vitamin A - November 25, 2011
Helen Keller International Sierra Leone Changes Attitudes about Blindness - November 9, 2011
SIERRA LEONE: Changing the mindset around blindness - November 4, 2011
The Gift of Sight: Program Helps Native Children Obtain Eyeglasses - October 31, 2011
World Sight Day: A See Change - October 12, 2011
Promoting Dissemination of Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato - October 10, 2011
World’s First Online Procurement Platform For Eye Care NGOs To Launch on World Sight Day - October 7, 2011
Nutrition Takes Center Stage - October 4, 2011
Nutrition Advocate for West Africa Urges Urgent Action at the UN General Assembly - September 30, 2011
Hope In The Face Of Hunger: Women, Micronutrients, Conservation Could Fend Off Food Insecurity - September 22, 2011
Zimbabwe: Malnutrition - Underlying Cause of Child Mortality - August 1, 2011
Haselow a pioneer in blindness prevention - July 26, 2011
Cape Verde ex-leader lobbies for W.Africa nutrition - July 22, 2011
Former President Elects to Fight Childhood Malnutrition in West Africa - July 21, 2011
"An African Adventure, and a Revelation" - July 1, 2011
"Face to Face With a Mother’s Pain" - June 25, 2011
"The Breast Milk Cure" - June 22, 2011
"Nutrient-enriched crops target 'hidden hunger'" - June 13, 2011
Food Fortification Takes Major Step Forward In Senegal - June 6, 2011
HKI Promotes Vitamin A Supplementation During National Health Campaign in Sierra Leone - May 23, 2011
"Education critical in addressing nutrition problems" - April 29, 2011
Hidden Hunger: How much can farming really improve people's health? - March 24, 2011
ABC News visits HKI Burkina Faso - March 6, 2011
Case study: Gallina Blanca - February 23, 2011
"Superfoods for Your Eyes" - February 7, 2011
"Food Prices Worldwide Hit Record Levels, Fueled by Uncertainty, U.N. Says" - February 3, 2011
"Rising Food Prices and Nutrition" - January 20, 2011
"Niger Determined to Continue Efforts Against Child Malnutrition" - December 28, 2010
"Pursuing a Common Vision: Opportunities for Collaboration Between the Eye Health and Nutrition Sectors" - December 22, 2010
L'OCCITANE and Helen Keller International Partner to Bring Education Into Focus™ - November 29, 2010
"Bless the Orange Sweet Potato" - November 25, 2010
HKI Sierra Leone Celebrates Maternal and Child Health Week - November 25, 2010
"Geographical Distribution of Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis and Preventive Chemotherapy Strategies in Sierra Leone" - November 24, 2010
A Nutritional Superhero: Sweetpotatoes Can Make You Stronger, Faster, Healthier - November 22, 2010
"Control of the neglected tropical diseases needs a long-term commitment" - October 29, 2010
"Micronutrients Help Prevent Blindness in the Developing World" - October 22, 2010
"ChildSight® gives glasses to kids at Chief Manuelito Middle School" - October 18, 2010
"Third-World Food Security" - October 17, 2010
Standard Chartered Bank and HKI Set New Record for Eyeglass Distribution - October 16, 2010
"Shawn Baker of Helen Keller International on nutrition" - September 30, 2010
"Letter: The Peanut Solution" - September 19, 2010
"Leaders should remember plight of the world’s hungry" - September 14, 2010
"Niger Responds to Acute Malnutrition" - September 3, 2010
"Niger's hunger crisis: a legacy of lessons unlearned" - August 21, 2010
"Niger hunger 'worse than 2005'" - August 14, 2010
"A Famine Looms in Niger" - August 9, 2010
"BURKINA FASO: Boost for garden drip irrigation" - July 26, 2010
"NIGER: Aid caravan for the east" - July 21, 2010
HKI Responds to Severe Food Crisis in Niger; Funding is Needed to Support Efforts - June 28, 2010
"G8 must seize chance to tackle undernutrition" - June 26, 2010
Le Label IDEAS décerné à 6 organisations - June 22, 2010
"Niger's silent crisis" - June 21, 2010
"NIGERIA: Installing toilets to reduce blindness" - June 21, 2010
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): The Road Forward for the U.S. - June 15, 2010
"Vitamin A handouts boost polio vaccine acceptance" - June 14, 2010
More Than 1 Million Receive Preventative Treatment For Elephantiasis - June 8, 2010
Kathy Spahn Elected as Chair of InterAction's Board - June 7, 2010
"Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4" - June 5, 2010
Reaching Every Child: Providing Preventative Health Services in Sierra Leone - June 1, 2010
Zimbabwe Holds Consultative Conference on Measles and Vaccine Preventable Diseases - May 24, 2010
Kathy Spahn Speaks at Premier Conference for Eye and Vision Scientists - May 5, 2010
"Food Crisis No Longer Taboo in Niger" - April 3, 2010
"GUINEA: Child malnutrition - moving beyond stop-gaps" - February 25, 2010
"An Early Start for the Visually Impaired" - February 16, 2010
"Rajiv Shah at USAID: reviving nutrition for the world’s poor" - January 30, 2010
"An Evaluation of Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goal One--Hunger Target" - January 20, 2010
“How Cost-Effective is Biofortification in Combating Micronutrient Malnutrition? An Ex ante Assessment.” - January 15, 2010
Better Sight for Bridgeport Students - January 11, 2010
"GUINEA: Funds needed to stem child malnutrition – WFP" - January 6, 2010
"World’s Healthiest Food" - January 2, 2010
"Neglected tropical diseases—beyond the tipping point?" - January 2, 2010
"A Plan to Defeat Neglected Tropical Diseases" - January 1, 2010
Eye Doctor's "Vision" Benefits HKI with $10,000 Grant - December 10, 2009
Fortification Takes Major Step Forward in West Africa - December 4, 2009
Consumer's Digest Names HKI one of "America’s Top Charities" - December 1, 2009
In honor of the Thanksgiving Holiday, HKI Discusses a Traditional Dish That Fights Malnutrition - November 26, 2009
"Management of children with acute malnutrition in resource-poor settings" - November 25, 2009
HKI’s Tanzania Program Spotlighted on Local TV - November 25, 2009
"Racing to Save the Eyesight of 84 Million People" - November 19, 2009
From A to Zinc: HKI Hailed for Innovative Programs - November 16, 2009
Nigeria's Minister of Health Meets with HKI Country Director - November 15, 2009
HKI program is case study for improved food security - November 12, 2009
UNICEF Launches New Report on Child and Maternal Nutrition - November 1, 2009
"The undernutrition epidemic: an urgent health priority" - October 31, 2009
"Reducing Child Mortality" - October 22, 2009
"Experts Worry as Population and Hunger Grow" - October 21, 2009
Worms Not Welcome: HKI Aims to Eliminate NTDs in Cameroon - October 20, 2009
Seeing Clearly in Vietnam - October 14, 2009
HKI Accepts First Prize For Onchocerciasis Control - October 13, 2009
"A no-brainer" - October 8, 2009
HKI Joins Celebration to Unveil New Helen Keller Statue at U.S. Capitol - October 7, 2009
"New Statue Honors Helen Keller" - October 7, 2009
"Nutrition in early life: a global priority" - October 3, 2009
"Much of the Blindness in Tanzania Can Be Prevented" - September 26, 2009
"Health Workers in Tanzania Battle River Blindness" - September 16, 2009
"Child Mortality Rate Declines Globally" - September 9, 2009
HKI Wins Prestigious Champalimaud Vision Award for its Achievements in Preventing Blindness - September 4, 2009
"3 Things You Can Do to Empower Women" - September 1, 2009
During Hard Times, Los Angeles Families Seek Free Health Services on Path to Brighter Future - August 31, 2009
World Bank Institute Highlights HKI’s Food Fortification Strategy - August 20, 2009
Global Food Crisis Affects 1 Billion; HKI Responds - August 3, 2009
"Eye Disease: Three More Countries Reach Goal on Limiting Blinding Trachoma as a Threat" - July 27, 2009
Groundbreaking Nutrition Resolution Passed in West Africa - July 24, 2009
HKI Receives Award from USAID/OFDA For Food Fortification in Senegal and Mauritania - July 20, 2009
HKI To Improve Food Security in Burkina Faso - July 16, 2009
In Senegal, HKI Works to Improve Nutrition and Meet Millennium Development Goals - July 14, 2009
Helen Keller International and Eating Orange! - July 13, 2009
100,000th Screening in Cleveland - Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation provides $150,000 grant. - July 2, 2009
In Sierra Leone, Child Survival Takes Center Stage - June 24, 2009
Helen Keller International Bangladesh Homestead Food Production Program Selected as Case Study for “Millions Fed” Initiative. - June 22, 2009
Helen Keller International Recipient of M·A·C AIDS Fund Award - June 16, 2009
HKI's Spirit of Helen Keller Gala raises over $700,000 for critical sight and life saving programs. - May 28, 2009
"The Hidden Hunger" - May 23, 2009
"This Mom Didn’t Have to Die" - May 16, 2009
"What a Little Vitamin A Could Do" - May 13, 2009
Aggressive Global Commitment to Zinc Nutrition is ‘Critical’ for Children’s Health as International Guidelines are Reexamined. - May 7, 2009
Helen Keller International Attend Micronutrient Forum in Beijing, China. - May 6, 2009
HKI awarded C$20 Million to Combat Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa - May 6, 2009
HKI Launches Food Fortification in Cameroon - May 5, 2009
Helen Keller International and Partners Celebrate Political Commitment to Food Fortification in Senegal. - April 21, 2009
New Alert System Will Save the Lives of Women and Children in Guinea - April 20, 2009
Global Alliance for Vitamin A Issues Consensus Statement - March 23, 2009
Cereal Experts Embark on Improving the Health and Survival of Children and Women in Francophone West Africa. - February 9, 2009
Les experts de céréales se mobilisent pour améliorer la santé et la survie des enfants et des femmes dans les pays de l’UEMOA - February 9, 2009
HKI Confronts Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sierra Leone - December 19, 2008
Alix de Nicolay. L’éthique pragmatique. - December 17, 2008
HKI improves the health of mothers and children in Cameroon - December 16, 2008
HKI Awarded First Prize for Onchocerciasis Control - December 5, 2008
Maternal and Child Health Week in Sierra Leone: Improving Capacity for Human Development - November 22, 2008
Food Fortification Leaders Recognized. - November 17, 2008
VOA interviews HKI’s Shawn Baker about the Global Food Crisis. - October 17, 2008
Voice of America a interviewé Shawn Baker au sujet de la crise alimentaire mondiale. - October 17, 2008
Helen Keller International President moderates world health panel at Clinton Global Initiative. - October 1, 2008
All 13 wheat flour millers of francophone West Africa commit to combat vitamin and mineral deficiencies. - September 5, 2008
Les 13 Grands Moulins de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Francophone s’engagent dans la lutte contre les carences en vitamines et en minéraux. - September 5, 2008
HKI celebrates World Breastfeeding Week - August 1, 2008
Recouvrer La Vie - July 15, 2008
HKI and Partners Provide Children in Guinea Vaccination Coverage, De-worming and Vitamin Supplements. - June 13, 2008
HKI co-authors report on progress and lessons learned with vitamin A supplementation, Drops of Life: Vitamin A Supplementation for Child Survival. - June 11, 2008
Des gouttes de vie: Supplémentation en vitamine A pour la survie de l’enfant - Progrès réalisés et leçons apprises en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre. - June 11, 2008
HKI responds to the Global Food Crisis. - June 3, 2008
Vitamin A supplementation is ranked as the most cost-effective solution to global challenges by the Copenhagen Consensus. - May 30, 2008
Le Consensus de Copenhague estime que la supplémentation en vitamine A est la solution la plus rentable face aux défis mondiaux. - May 30, 2008
Burkina Faso Launches Private/Public Partnership to Save Lives and Combat Childhood Blindness. - May 29, 2008
Le Burkina Faso Lance un Partenariat Privé/Public pour Sauver des Vies et Combattre la Cécité Infanto-juvénile - May 29, 2008
Helen Keller International and Partners to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sierra Leone. - March 28, 2008
HKI Announces the Launch of Food Fortification in Côte d’Ivoire. - February 27, 2008
HKI Annonce le Lancement du Programme de Fortification Alimentaire en Côte d’Ivoire - February 27, 2008
The National Nutrition Program and partners organize the West Africa launch of The Lancet’s series on maternal & child undernutrition in Dakar, Senegal. - February 18, 2008
Lancement en Afrique de l’Ouest de la série d’articles de la revue The Lancet sur la malnutrition maternelle et infantile. - February 18, 2008
ChildSight® CT’s contribution to the community profiled in New Haven Register. - January 27, 2008
Helen Keller International Awarded Certificate of Appreciation by Cameroon’s Ministry of Health - January 18, 2008
ChildSight® screens its one-millionth child - November 30, 2007
HKI parle du rôle d’un plat traditionnel du « Thanksgiving » dans la lutte contre la malnutrition en Afrique. - November 22, 2007
Helen Keller International and Partners Provide Life- and Sight-Saving Vitamin A to over 900,000 Children in Sierra Leone. - November 17, 2007
HKI builds capacity for preventing and treating malnutrition, and for improved nutritional surveillance in Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. - November 15, 2007
HKI renforce des capacités pour prévenir et traiter la malnutrition et l’amélioration de la surveillance nutritionnelle en Guinée, au Mali, au Burkina Faso et au Niger. - November 15, 2007
HKI and partners take major step in fortifying food with vitamin A to improve child survival in West Africa. - November 12, 2007
HKI et partenaires font un pas en avant dans l'enrichissant en vitamine A pour améliorer la survie d'enfant de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. - November 12, 2007
HKI announces the Fortify West Africa initiative to address vitamin and mineral deficiencies through food fortification in 8 West African countries. - October 23, 2007
Fortifier L’Afrique de l’Ouest : enrichir les huiles de cuisine et la farine pour la survie et le développement - October 23, 2007
Fortificar a África Ocidental: Fortificando o óleo alimentar e a farinha contribuindo para a sobrevivência e desenvolvimento - October 23, 2007
The Technical Consultative Committee (TCC) of African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) responds to recent articles about potential resistance to ivermectin and concludes it remains effectiv - October 22, 2007
HKI announces two commitments at Clinton Global Initiative. - September 28, 2007
Major public health gains seen in river blindness control and community development. - September 10, 2007
HKI Cameroon begins pilot project to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in the country’s Far North province. - August 10, 2007
HKI signs Memorandum of Understanding with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (French acronym UEMOA) to fortify cooking oil with vitamin A. - July 2, 2007
L'UEMOA et Helen Keller International signent un Mémorandum d’Entente - July 2, 2007
On Helen Keller's birthday, HKI launches an integrated child survival campaign in Guinea. - June 27, 2007
HKI announces $2.7 million multi-partner public/private initiative to produce vitamin A-fortified cooking oil in eight countries in West Africa. - May 21, 2007
"Faire Tâche d’Huile en Afrique de l’Ouest” - May 21, 2007
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund Awards HKI $200,000 to Combat Child Malnutrition in Africa. - March 3, 2007
Taiwan Government provides funding for HKI's nutrition and health initiatives in Burkina Faso. - February 7, 2007
HKI Implements an Integrated Strategy to Fight Vitamin A Deficiency in Cameroon. - January 30, 2007
Eat Orange! HKI Wins Award for Innovation at CGIAR event. - December 1, 2006
HKI honors Canadian International Development Agency for support of vitamin A programs. - November 29, 2006
Helen Keller International Leads Vitamin A Distribution in Cambodia. - November 1, 2006
HKI Leads Consortium Awarded $15 Million from USAID To Improve Health in Philippines. - October 5, 2006
Discovery Editions launches co-promotion to benefit ChildSight®. - October 1, 2006
Helen Keller International participates in flour fortification initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo. - September 27, 2006
Helen Keller International announces commitment to Clinton Global Initiative. - September 25, 2006
Helen Keller International promotes education for girls through radio campaigns in Mali. - September 15, 2006
Helen Keller International to benefit from charity art opening. - September 1, 2006
Helen Keller International provides nutrition expertise to support People Living with HIV/AIDS in Senegal. - July 1, 2006
Canada helps Helen Keller International to combat malnutrition and blindness in Zimbabwe - June 11, 2006
Earthquake in Indonesia. HKI has been implementing its Supplementation with Micronutrients (SUM) program in the affected areas. - May 30, 2006
Helen Keller International participates in WPF's rally Fight Hunger: Walk the World. - May 30, 2006
Helen Keller International signs MOU with Government of Zimbabwe to combat malnutrition and blindness. - May 9, 2006
Helen Keller International and ChildSight® honored with Johnson & Johnson Community Health Crystal Care Award - May 1, 2006
HKI President Kathy Spahn reflects on the life of Susan Pettiss - April 6, 2006
USAID Provides $2 Million to Helen Keller International for Inclusive Education in Indonesia. - April 6, 2006
Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré visits Helen Keller International at SIDEAU. - March 12, 2006
Helen Keller International Launches Vitamin A Distribution in Cambodia. - March 1, 2006
HKI Country Director Awarded Highest Public Health Distinction in Niger. - January 19, 2006
Helen Keller International Delivers Health Package to 2 Million Children in Senegal. - January 10, 2006
A Call for Action About Vitamin A in Africa. - January 5, 2006
Helen Keller International Exceeds Vitamin A Supplementation Goal. - January 5, 2006
Helen Keller International a dépassé son but pour la supplémentation en vitamine A - January 5, 2006
Helen Keller International Provides Update of Tsunami Recovery Initiatives in Indonesia. - January 5, 2006
Special Delivery: Helen Keller International's Gift to 11 Million Children in the DRC - December 7, 2005
Winter Newsletter - November 30, 2005
Making Progress in HIV/AIDS and Nutrition in Central Africa. - November 9, 2005
Helen Keller International Celebrates World Sight Day Around the Globe. - November 3, 2005
Helen Keller International Leads Effort to Virtually Connect West Africa. - November 2, 2005
Helen Keller International est le leader de l’effort pour la connexion virtuelle de l’Afrique de l’Ouest - November 2, 2005
Helen Keller International Joins Multimedia Campaign: Rx for Survival – A Global Health Challenge. - October 7, 2005
Eating Orange Fights Vitamin A Deficiency and Poverty - October 7, 2005
Helen Keller International Joins Twelve Countries at Nutrition Meeting in Burkina Faso. - October 6, 2005
USAID/OFDA Awards Helen Keller International $1 Million for Food Crisis Relief in Niger. - September 29, 2005
Helen Keller International Hosts Launch of Girls' Education Campaign - September 16, 2005
Helen Keller International anime le lancement de la campagne de la scolarisation des filles - September 16, 2005
Helen Keller International Receives Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Morocco - September 14, 2005
Helen Keller International Invests in High and Sustained Vitamin A Coverage in Senegal - September 8, 2005
Helen Keller International Issues How-To Guide to Improve Nutrition Services - August 23, 2005
Helen Keller International Responds to Food Crisis in Niger - August 1, 2005
On Helen Keller's Birthday, Helen Keller International Spearheads Flour Fortification in Guinea - July 13, 2005
Helen Keller International Receives Funding from GAIN to Lead National Food Fortification Project in Côte d’Ivoire - July 11, 2005
HKI-Indonesia Provides Update of Tsunami Relief Initiatives - June 14, 2005
Helen Keller International Kicks Off 90th Anniversary Celebration in Paris - June 6, 2005
Voice of America Reports on Improved Learning Through ChildSight® - May 20, 2005
Helen Keller International Appoints Sue Mather as Senior Vice President of Development and Communications - May 12, 2005
Helen Keller International Receives $1.5 million USAID Grant for Child Survival - May 10, 2005
Helen Keller International Launches Cataract Program in Senegal - April 28, 2005
Helen Keller International lance le programme de lutte contre la cataracte au Sénégal - April 28, 2005
Helen Keller International and UNICEF Team Up for Children - April 27, 2005
Helen Keller International Receives $550,000 Grant From The Nippon Foundation to Combat River Blindness - March 30, 2005
Helen Keller International Receives $12 Million Grant from CIDA To Reduce Child Mortality - March 29, 2005
Just Calm Down Spa Donates Proceeds of Auction to HKI's Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts - March 29, 2005
Helen Keller International Appoints Kathy Spahn as President and Chief Executive Officer - March 17, 2005
Helen Keller International Hosts Visit from First Lady of Mali Madame Touré Lobbo Traoré and USAID - March 3, 2005
New Manual on CDTI and VAS - January 30, 2005
Helen Keller Joins Tsunami Relief Efforts - January 6, 2005
Helen Keller International se joint aux missions d’aide d’urgence en faveur des populations sinistrées par les raz de marée - January 6, 2005
Helen Keller International se une a los esfuerzos de ayuda para las victimas del Tsunami en Asia - January 6, 2005
ChildSight® Contract with NYC Department of Education - January 1, 2005