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Meeting People Where They Are


August 22, 2019

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...

by Kathy Erb

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CCIH Advocacy Teams Share Faith-based Work in Global Health


July 8, 2019

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...

by Kathy Erb

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Karen Sichinga Receives 2019 CCIH Christian International Health Champion Award


July 5, 2019

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....

by Kathy Erb

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Close Up: Vuyelwa Chitimbire of ZACH


May 16, 2019

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...

by Kathy Erb

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