Helen Keller Intl Ramps up Lifesaving Strategy to Combat Hunger during COVID-19

New York, NY, Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Helen Keller Intl has implemented a science-based strategy to address the far-reaching ripple effects of COVID-19, including rising poverty and extreme hunger. This hunger strategy, put into effect in 2020, has already delivered lifesaving outcomes in some of the world’s most impoverished communities. The strategy — which includes community-based malnutrition treatment, new approaches for vitamin A supplementation, and methods to bolster local food supplies — will continue to address major causes of hunger and poverty with effective solutions.

Susan Kotcher
Helen Keller Intl
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