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CCIH Conference & Advocacy Day 2013
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 Immediately following the CCIH 2013 Annual Conference, CCIH members and affiliates engaged in two days of advocacy with meetings on Capitol Hill and with the executive branch.
On June 10, we shared our support for U.S. foreign assistance as a moral imperative and smart investment, along with the positive impact of faith-based organizations in global health, on Capitol Hill. CCIH was pleased to have participants from across the United States and many from the Global South in our Annual Advocacy Day.
On June 11, CCIH members and staff had meetings with the U.S. State Department Office of Global Women's Issues and with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to share stories of how the faith community is serving those who need care, often in hard-to-reach areas.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 June 2013 18:46 )
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Senator Graham Urges Faith Community Advocacy for PEPFAR
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 Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) affirmed his belief that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has had an enormous impact for the relatively small investment made by the U.S. and urged the faith community to continue to advocate for it at an event sponsored by CCIH along with a coalition of faith-based organizations and others working in global health on Tuesday, May 14 on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Graham noted that while the United States spends approximately 1 percent of its budget on foreign assistance, most Americans believe it to be much higher. He said, “Americans are generous, but they insist we spend wisely,” and added that he cannot think of a better example of a program with a higher impact for the investment than PEPFAR. Senator Graham serves as Ranking Member of the State Foreign Operations Subcommittee on Appropriations.
Ambassador Eric Goosby, M.D, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and special representative, Office of Global Health Diplomacy and head of PEPFAR, also spoke at the event, saying millions of men, women and children are alive today due to PEPFAR and the support of advocates such as Senator Graham and partners in the faith community. “Since the early days, faith-based organizations have played a unique role in the response to AIDS. We have relied heavily on faith-based organizations to help stem the rising tide of new infections,” said Dr. Goosby. He explained that faith-based organizations were often the primary vehicle to reach those in need and commented on the extraordinary network and reach of faith communities in developing nations.
Last Updated ( Friday, 17 May 2013 18:36 )
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27th Annual Conference Plenary Speakers
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June 7-10, 2013, Marymount University, Arlington, VA, USA
In a plenary session at the upcoming CCIH Annual Conference on FBOs and the Power of Stories, John Donnelly, communications advisor to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, will share his experience in communicating global health stories that inform and inspire. Before joining the World Bank in the fall of 2012, Donnelly spent 25 years as a journalist covering global health for media outlets such as the Boston Globe and the Miami Herald. Donnelly, a CCIH member, is the author of "A Twist of Faith: An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa."
With a strong background in communications and organizational advancement, Adrian Kerrigan will be joining Donnelly in the session on the Power of Stories. Kerrigan serves as senior vice president for advancement at CCIH member Catholic Medical Mission Board, and has been instrumental in the formation of a partnership between the Good Samaritan Foundation of the Vatican and CMMB to deliver medicines to those in need in resource-poor countries.
In keeping with the conference theme of Gender, Health & Development: A Christian Perspective, we'll hear from Pauline Muchina, senior partnership advisor for UNAIDS and member of the CCIH Board of Directors, on gender equality and theological teachings. Muchina holds a Masters in Divinity from Yale University Divinity School and a Ph.D. from the Union Theological Seminary in New York. She appeared in a CBS News program in 2012 on the faith community's role in reducing stigma among those affected by HIV/AIDS. Dr. Daniela Ligiero, senior gender advisor in the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator will discuss gender issues from the U.S. government's perspective and how programs and policies are working to address inequities.
In a session titled Choosing Our Mother: Embracing Our Calling, Dr. Barbara Hernandez will explore spiritual mothers and fathers in the Bible whose examples have encouraged heroic acts, thwarted the power of oppressors and changed thousands of lives. Hernandez is director of Physician Vitality and a professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 April 2013 15:36 )
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Register for the CCIH Annual Conference
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June 7-10, 2013, Marymount University, Arlington, VA, USA
The Biblical account of creation states that male and female were created in the "image of God" and would work as partners. But after the "fall" gender inequity arose. These inequities contribute to poverty, ignorance, disease, disability, disability and death - not just for women, but also for their families. Over the years, many Christian organizations have taken leading roles in addressing gender issues, but practices such as domestic violence, early marriage, polygamy and limited access to family planning services are evidence of remaining inequity.
The CCIH 2013 Annual Conference will explore Gender, Health and Development: A Christian Perspective, examining how Christian organizations are actively addressing problems of inequities and dialoguing on how to bring cultural norms and values relating to gender relations closer to health and wholeness for all. Go to Registration
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 March 2013 10:23 )
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Sojourners Publishes Article Featuring CCIH Member
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March 8 is International Women's Day. While the world has seen great progress in rights and empowerment for women and girls, there is still much work to be done. Gender-based violence touches every part of the globe, and is especially widespread in some areas. The Christian publication, Sojourners, published an article featuring the work of CCIH member the Free Methodist Church's Nundu Hospital in Kivu province in the DRC to help victims and sensitize communities to put an end to the violence. | View the article
Last Updated ( Friday, 08 March 2013 16:05 )
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