Our Partners
Partners at a glance:
Joshua Hellmann Foundation (JHF)
Joshua Hellmann Foundation for Orphan Disease (JHF) was established by Mrs. Christina Strong, in honor of her son, Joshua Hellmann, who passed away at the age of 15 after a five-year battle with MELAS Syndrome, one of the inborn errors of metabolism. Christina turned her profound grief and helpless into a positive force and set up JHF to advance the awareness, treatment and research of orphan diseases, and improve the welfare of children with orphan diseases in Hong Kong. It also provides support for the diagnosis of orphan diseases among children and teenagers.
In July 2013, JHF donated HK$1 million to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to establish the Centre of Inborn Errors of Metabolism that offers a screening program for IEMs. More than 18,000 babies had been screened via the JHF-Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme since its establishment.
Joshua Hellmann Foundation for Orphan Disease focuses on improving the lives of children with IEMs, by providing support to patients and their families in diagnosis, care services, and treatment information and resources. You can contact JHF (link to JHF website) for more information.
Supporting Organization:
Mead Johnson Nutrition (Hong Kong) Limited
Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) is a leading infant and child nutrition specialist, with over a century of history, nourishing the best start in life. MJN has been a pioneer in the field of specialized nutrition, for patients with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM), including nutrition products specially formulated for children diagnosed with phenylketonuria (PKU), for more than 50 years. For decades, Mead Johnson has been one of the few companies that provide infant formula for metabolic disorders, with aims to bring hope to children of need.
The “VITAL STEP” Program, which was launched in 2015, aims to advance the awareness of IEMs and make metabolic screening more accessible in Hong Kong, and is the result of the partnership between Mead Johnson Nutrition (Hong Kong) Limited and Joshua Hellmann Foundation (JHF).