The foundation for the work of Helen Keller was established in 1915, with Helen Keller as a founding agent. Helen Keller International (HKI) works to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the world. Its headquarters are situated in New York City. HKI presently offer programs in 21 countries in Africa and Asia, among those which are currently ongoing in the United States.
The organization battles the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. They do so by overseeing programmes based on evidence and research. Moreover, HKI programmes also address critical issues such as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) including onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. http://www.hki.org/about-helen-keller/
Helen Keller International Sierra Leone first began in 2002. HKI-SL was provided with capital support by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), NIPPON Foundation and Merck. This funding aimed to equip HKI-SL with the tools to provide technical and financial assistance to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), along with being provided with funding from Irish Aid for nutritional based purposes. The aim was to create and implement nutritional programs, which in turn would reduce anaemia in mothers and children, to combat the cause and cost of …show more content…
The general objective of the SLMS was to regulate the prevalence and seriousness of micronutrient deficiencies and to determine the nutritional and health status of children aged 6-59 months and women of reproductive age (pregnant and non-pregnant women aged 15-49 years). The micronutrients being examined include Vitamin A, vitamin B12, iron, folate and Iodine deficiencies and associated factors among the targeted population. Key indicators identified by the SLMS team comprise of anaemia and malaria
The organization battles the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition. They do so by overseeing programmes based on evidence and research. Moreover, HKI programmes also address critical issues such as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) including onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. http://www.hki.org/about-helen-keller/
Helen Keller International Sierra Leone first began in 2002. HKI-SL was provided with capital support by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), NIPPON Foundation and Merck. This funding aimed to equip HKI-SL with the tools to provide technical and financial assistance to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), along with being provided with funding from Irish Aid for nutritional based purposes. The aim was to create and implement nutritional programs, which in turn would reduce anaemia in mothers and children, to combat the cause and cost of …show more content…
The general objective of the SLMS was to regulate the prevalence and seriousness of micronutrient deficiencies and to determine the nutritional and health status of children aged 6-59 months and women of reproductive age (pregnant and non-pregnant women aged 15-49 years). The micronutrients being examined include Vitamin A, vitamin B12, iron, folate and Iodine deficiencies and associated factors among the targeted population. Key indicators identified by the SLMS team comprise of anaemia and malaria