Technical Advisors
Enhancing Quality of Christian Health Initiatives Technical Advisors
 | Dr. Gary Cloud is a healthcare administrator with experience in hospitals, health management organizations, and Community Health Centers and universities. He has started medical, dental, physician assistant and other health professions colleges committed to training healers for CHCs. He is now volunteering for CCIH on their Christian health worker training institutions initiative. |
 | Dr. Ron Yee served much of his career as a clinician, Medical Director, and CEO of a Community Health Center serving farmworkers in California. He then served, for over a decade, as the Chief Medical Officer of the National Association of Community Health Centers, which supports 15,000 clinics in the USA, prior to a new phase of being called to work with his prayer partner on preparing healers for Kingdom work and volunteering with CCIH. |
Community-Based Prevention and Care Technical Advisors
 | Ruth Kayima, MPH Ruth Kayima is Health and Gender Coordinator for East Africa for World Renew and provides technical support for teams and partners in the design and implementation of community-based programs. She holds a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Public Health from The Makerere University College of Health Sciences. |
 | Henry Perry, MD, MPH Henry Perry is Senior Associate in the Health Systems Program of the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has a long-standing interest in community health, community empowerment, equity, primary health care and community-based delivery of evidence-based interventions. His primary research interest concerns the impact of community-based primary health care programs on health improvement. |
Data and Mapping Technical Advisors
 | Edwin Sam Asirvatham, PhD Edwin Sam is a Technical Advisor with the Health Systems Research India Initiative. He holds a PhD in Health Systems & Policy and a Post-Graduate degree in Health Management. He has over 20 years of experience in public health. His specific areas of interest include analysis of health systems performance, public-private collaboration in health, development of health reform strategies and policies that lead to overall effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in health services. |
 | Barbara Campbell, RPh, CCN Barbara Campbell, RPh, CCN is Executive Director of the Dalton Foundation, where she develops and implements strategic programs and partner relationships to support health system strengthening in contexts in which the organization works. She served in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and subsequently worked in Haiti for over five years. Barbara also serves as Vice President of the CCIH Board of Directors. |
Integration of Faith and Health Technical Advisor
 | Jason Paltzer, PhD, MPH Jason Paltzer is the Senior Director of Research and Innovation for Kingdom Workers. He is experienced in health promotion, disease prevention, community development, teaching and assisting community-based global health organizations with participatory assessment and evaluation methods. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Baylor University. |
Health of Women and Children Technical Advisors
 | Paul Mosley, MPH Paul Mosley has an MPH from the George Washington University and serves as Country Director for Mennonite Central Committee in Ethiopia. Until recently he has worked coordinating health programs for MCC in Tanzania, including a care group based maternal and child health project the among Maasai, reduction of FGM among high prevalence communities in Northern Tanzania, and improving health outcomes for people with albinism who are diagnosed with skin cancer. |
Leadership and Governance Technical Advisors
 | Vuyelwa Tenjiwe Sidile Chitimbire, MSc, MBA Vuyelwa Tenjiwe Sidile Chitimbire is the Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Association of Church Related Hospitals (ZACH). She has more than 30 years’ experience in the health sector. She specializes in the management, planning, appraisal and reform of the health sector, including systems analysis, change management, institutional strengthening and project management. |
 | Perry Jansen, MD, MPH, DTMH Perry Jansen serves as Vice President at African Mission Healthcare. AMH works with mission hospitals to strengthen human, physical and organizational infrastructure toward becoming teaching hospitals. Perry spent 16 years in Malawi and is founder of the Malawi non-profit, Partners in Hope (PIH). PIH is one of the largest providers of HIV treatment and institutional capacity building in the region. |
Member Task Forces
CCIH hosts time-limited Task Forces to adapt and address emerging issues.
Task Forces
- The Disability and Health Stigma Reduction Task Force is working to address harmful beliefs that limit the full participation of people with disabilities and health conditions in families, churches, and healthcare settings. The one-year task force is convening from February to December 2026.
- The Franophone Epidemic Guide Task Force is developing a guide for religious and community leaders to help prepare them to respond to and help their communities during epidemics. The Task Force is convening from March until December 2026.
- The Christian Health Worker Education Task Force launched in May 2026 to strengthen the quality of training in low- and middle-income countries and support institutions shaping the next generation of health workers.
Completed:
- The Membership Task Force: was launched in 2024 and completed its work to recommend ways to engage members, including forums and higher visibility for the member search tool.
- The Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Task Force was launched in 2024 and completed its work to develop a guide for CCIH members on ASRH from a Christian faith perspective.
If you have ideas for additional task forces, please contact Kathy Erb at kathy.erb (at) ccih.org