Meet HKI’s Friendly Worm Warrior: Emily Toubali
In honor of World Water Day, I am highlighting Helen Keller International’s Program Manager for Neglected Tropical Disease Control, Emily Toubali. One of her responsibilities it to manage our Trachoma...
View ArticleIntegrated NTD control in Mali
A paper recently published in the Public Library of Sciences (PLoS) NTDs describes the successes and lessons learned from an integrated national NTD Control Program in Mali. Continue reading →
View ArticleConnecting Nutrition and Neglected Tropical Diseases
An article co-written by HKI experts examines the role of nutrition in controlling NTDs and makes the point that mass drug treatment - the major strategy currently proposed to control several diseases...
View ArticleIn London, A Gold for Trachoma
Chad MacArthur, Helen Keller International's Director of Neglected Tropical Disease Control, writes about a recently launched Trachoma mapping project that will greatly impact the way treatment for...
View ArticleSaving Sight on World Sight Day
By Douglas Steinberg, HKI’s Deputy Regional Director for West Africa. I have visited several of Helen Keller International (HKI) programs to control Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), and blogged...
View ArticleStalking “Big Fut” in Sierra Leone
This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post as part of GivingTuesday initiative. After flying from New York City to Dakar to Banjul to Freetown, riding a bus to a dock and a boat across a bay...
View ArticleNTDs and WASH Programs
How NTD programs can work with WASH programs for common goal of improved public health This post was written by Chad MacArthur, Helen Keller International’s Director of Neglected Tropical Disease...
View ArticleA nocturnal Lymphatic Filariasis study
This blog was prepared by HKI Field Intern and Guest Blogger, Justin Graves. Justin spent six months working with HKI’s Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) team in Guinea and is currently an MPH...
View ArticleCameroon Completes its NTD Map
This article was written by Emily Toubali and Claire Coveney from HKI and was originally published in the March/April 2013 article of USAID’s Frontlines (scroll to second article). After flipping tens...
View ArticleIn the Field with HKI-Sierra Leone
This blog post was written by Anitra Sprauten. Anitra graduated from Bowdoin College in 2012 with a degree in Government & Legal Studies and French. Originally from New York, she is finishing up...
View ArticleTimbuktu, Terrorism, Trachoma
For centuries Mali has been known for the mythical city of Timbuktu. Unfortunately, events in the last two years have also made it known for terrorism. In public health circles it has long been known...
View ArticleThe Front Line of Eye Health
This blog post was written by Douglas Steinberg, HKI’s Regional Director of West Africa. MAMBIRI, KITA (MALI), July 3, 2013. When we arrived at the community health center in the village of Mambiri,...
View ArticleNational Sovereignty, Nutrition and Neglected Tropical Diseases
Flying into Niamey, the capital of Niger, always feels like coming home. Since starting development work in 1981 it is the country that has the most marked me and where I have traveled the most...
View ArticleGlobal Handwashing Day
This blog was written by Hannah Taylor, a field intern at HKI Bangladesh. Around the world, from large urban centers to tiny rural villages, from the United States to Bangladesh, in schools, homes,...
View Article7 Reasons Why Sierra Leone is Winning Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Dr. Mary Hodges, Country Director, Helen Keller International – Sierra Leone The following article was published on The Guardian Global Development Professionals Network on June 24, 2014. It was...
View ArticleEducation For a Healthy Tomorrow
We often take washing our hands and access to safe drinking water for granted, without realizing how critical these simple resources can be in saving the lives of others. Children in Cambodia rely on...
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