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Close Up: Cate Desjardins of Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship
Cate Desjardins, MDiv, MPH took the helm as Executive Director of Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship in May of 2020. In the return of the CCIH Close Up series, Cate shares how integrating her two passions, science and her faith, has guided her career and led her where she is...
Vaccine Distribution and Hesitancy in the COVID-19 Era
by Taylor Carty, Pepperdine University Student and CCIH Communications and Advocacy Intern Since the rise of COVID-19 around the world, billions of dollars have been invested toward finding a vaccine. The unprecedented nature of this pandemic brings with it both familiar and unique challenges for the global health community, one…
Transforming Organizations for Holistic Care
By Daniel Speckhard, President and CEO of IMA World Health This year’s CCIH conference theme of holistic care for mind, body and spirit especially resonated for me. From our discussions about humanitarian emergencies, mental health and sexual and gender-based violence, as well as poverty and access to quality...
Community-Based Prevention and Care
Mobilizing Neighbor Mothers as a Source of Holistic Care for TB
By Amberle Brown, World Relief When we think of holistic care, perhaps the first images that come to mind are of doctors caring for malnourished children or pastors encouraging HIV prevention. But often, holistic care comes from those immediately around us – our neighbors, the women that we...