CCIH NEWS: Major Meetings in 2000

CCIH 14th Annual Retreat and Conference/Seminar
Retreat: June 11-12 - "Finding Grace for Service", Wellspring Retreat Center, Germantown, MD
   
Time for reflection and study of God's grace in our lives.  Persons who give themselves to serve God often equate their work with their worth, not experiencing the freedom that God's grace gives us in service.  

Seminar: June 13 - "The Future of Hospitals in Developing Countries", United Methodist Center, Washington DC
   
The CCIH annual conference/seminar hear from the core group about the hospital study as well as engage in discussion on the issues raised.
 

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Global Health Council 27th Annual Conference
June 14-16 - "A Century of Health for the Children of 2000", Crystal City/Arlington, VA
  
For information go to www.globalhealth.org or call 802-649-1340.
 

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CCIH booth in Exhibit Hall
  
CCIH and its organizational members will distribute literature and talk about the work of churches and Christians in international health.
 

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CCIH co-sponsored session, June 14, 11 am
"Forgiving Debt, Saving Lives: The Jubilee 2000 Campaign" 
  
The impact of unsustainable debt on poor countries, the implications of debt relief for health and AIDS, and the faith-based Jubilee 2000 campaign success in promoting debt forgiveness will be described.
 

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American Public Health Association (APHA)
127th Annual Mtg, Nov. 12-16 - "Reducing Health Disparities", Boston, MA.
  
For information go to www.apha.org or call 202-777-APHA. Relevant APHA groups include International Health Section, Community-Based PHC and Public Health and Faith Communities. CCIH will have an exhibit booth and host a dinner for CCIH members and friends (probably on Sunday evening, Nov. 12, near APHA conference area).  If you are in the Boston area, please let us know and join us.