Malaria Campaign Shortlisted for Global Award
Comfort lost her husband and three-year-old daughter to malaria. She was not using mosquito nets or draining standing water around her apartment in Nigeria until CCIH member Isaiah 58 Care Foundation’s Kicking Out Malaria campaign reached her community. Kicking Out Malaria uses football tournaments to distribute bed nets...
Close Up: Wendy Jolley-Kabi of Global Health Action
Global Health Action President & CEO Wendy Jolley-Kabi shares how the generosity of her childhood church and her own Peace Corps experience helped shape her work today; and what she thinks faith-based organizations must focus on to be prepared for the future of global health. Above Photo: Wendy...
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...
Advocacy Stories, Connector Articles
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...