Blinking Herself Blind
Shawn Baker's last post traveling with Nick Kristof focuses on the leading infectious cause of preventable blindness in the world, Trachoma. He reports from Dosso, Niger where a breakfast stop...
View ArticleEnd of the Adventure: Five Strategies for Fighting Malnutrition
The last installment in a series of blog posts chronicling Shawn Baker and Doug Steinberg’s travels with Nick Kristof. Doug reflects on how HKI is preventing blindness and reducing malnutrition for the...
View ArticleMeet 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 ArticleA Mother’s Day Story
Peggy O’Neill, HKI’s Vice President of Development, Individual Giving, describes meeting Somoe Abdalah, a trichaisis patient, in rural Tanzania. 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 ArticleMeeting My “Daughter” in Niger
HKI's Program Manager of Neglected Tropical Disease Control shares Helen Keller International’s work in trachoma elimination based on her recent field visits to Mali and Niger. Continue reading →
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 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 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,...
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