Small Grants, System Gains: Six Faith-Based Organizations Strengthening Health Systems
CCIH is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2026 Small Grant Program, an investment designed to catalyze meaningful, long-term improvements in health workforce capacity and community-based services. Rather than funding direct service delivery, these grants focus on multiplier efforts: innovative, sustainable, and scalable approaches that equip and...
How to Overcome Loneliness While Working in Global Health
by Dr. Mollie Bond, CCIH Network Engagement Manager Maybe you’ve felt this too: You’ve worked hard all day. You’ve made progress, checked boxes, even solved a few problems. And yet—there’s that one task still looming. You know it matters. You know it’s complicated. And you know you’re exhausted....
Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch: An Advent Reflection
by Doug Fountain, CCIH Executive Director In recent months, I’ve found myself referring to the global development ecosystem often—not only because abrupt funding shifts in early 2025 severely damaged parts of it, but also because those changes revealed something deeper: the heart and mind of development itself. I...
CMMB Initiative Shifts NCD Care to a Local, Data-Driven Model
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are now the world’s leading cause of death and disability. They account for nearly three-quarters of all deaths globally, with 77 percent occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The trend is rising, and it increasingly affects people...