Provision of Spectacles Is Associated With Significant Improvement In Children's Self Reported Visual Function In Mexico

This study examines the self-reported benefit in visual function among Mexican children who have received glasses from Helen Keller International

Letter from John Palmer to Henry Spira

This will confirm our conversation today in which I informed you of our decision not to proceed with the October fundraising program Shoot for Sight . Helen Keller International has no intention of undertaking this, or similar events, in the future

Letter from John Palmer to Henry Spira

This will confirm our conversation today in which I informed you of our decision not to proceed with the October fundraising program Shoot for Sight . Helen Keller International has no intention of undertaking this, or similar events, in the future

Guns Cause Blindness. They Don\u27t Cure It.

Is killing animals for pleasure the way to raise funds · · for the blind? Because that\u27s exactly how Helen Keller International (HKI) proposes to raise several thousand dollars on October 27th. On that day, HKI supporters will gather in Dutchess County, NY, to blow away one thousand completely helpless ducks and pheasants

What does Social Distancing and Stay at Home mean to those on low incomes in Bangladesh?

Under the advice of the World Health Organization, countries around the world have implemented state messaging campaigns to ensure their populations socially distance and stay at home. Here Ranjan Saha Partha (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh) and Abul Kalam (Helen Keller International, Bangladesh) explain what they discovered by interviewing 30 people on low incomes in the districts of Savar and Ashulia just outside of Dhaka

Annex 21 : nurturing connections manual

The guidelines in this manual are designed to help program staff and field facilitators implement the activities of the Nurturing Connections© manual. In Cambodia, social and economic discrimination against women is reinforced by deeply ingrained cultural traditions and social practices. When women have access to and power to make decisions about income, they tend to spend a larger proportion on food, medical care, and education for their children and family members than do men. Inequality and inadequate voice for women results in slow performance in addressing key development issues, especially the nutritional status of women and children

Learning the Smart Way: Lessons Learned by the Reaching Agents of Change Project.

The Reaching Agents of Change (RAC) project was a pilot that advocated for increased investment in orange-fleshed sweetpotato to combat vitamin A deficiency among young children and women of reproductive age. It was implemented by the International Potato Center and Helen Keller International primarily in Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania and to a lesser extent in Ghana and Burkina Faso between 2011 and 2014. The project had multiple deliverables in advocacy for raising of new investment, policy change and strengthening of institutional and individual capacities in the project countries. RAC incorporated a systematic and comprehensive results-based monitoring and evaluation system and continuously documented the implementation process over the project period. This booklet shares the learning process that RAC adopted and highlights some useful and replicable lessons learned

Integration of services in Senegal

With financial support from USAID and technical support from IntraHealth, The Population Council, Siggil Jigeen Network, and Helen Keller International, Senegal’s Ministry of Health and Prevention has built a package of integrated services called SMNI/PF/PALU. Integrating services allow women to access a wider range of information and care during the same visit and thus increases the utilization of services while also improving their quality and efficiency. Findings in this report indicate that integration of services is a central feature of SMNI/PF/PALU’s success. In conjunction with integrated service delivery models, program activities which strengthen systems and support efficient implementation of services are pertinent for successful integration and have demonstrated significant positive effect on the health of women and children in Senegal

Improving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: Homestead food production in Bangladesh

millions fed, food security, Homestead food production, HFP, Micronutrient, Homestead garden,