Meeting People Where They Are
CHAG Integrates Mental Health Services for Greater Impact Mental health services are often kept in silos away from other health services. Inaccessibility, compounded with the stigma surrounding mental health issues, means many people do not get the help they need. The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) received...
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CCIH Advocacy Teams Share Faith-based Work in Global Health
On June 10th, 2019 CCIH hosted its annual Advocacy Day. This year, we had 10 CCIH members from Ghana, Lesotho, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zaire, and Zimbabwe, as well as six CCIH members based in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Michigan. The teams met with 15 Congressional Offices (14 in the...
Karen Sichinga Receives 2019 CCIH Christian International Health Champion Award
Mrs. Karen Sichali Sichinga, MSN, MPH received the 2019 CCIH Christian International Health Champion award on June 7, 2019. The award honors an individual who has dedicated his/her life to global health from a Christian perspective and has made significant contributions to the field and to CCIH. Mrs....
Close Up: Vuyelwa Chitimbire of ZACH
Mrs. Vuyelwa “Vee” Chitimbire, Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals shares her thoughts on how the international community can leverage the strength of the growing church in Africa in health, her journey from the Ministry of Health to leading a Christian Health Association, and why...