Maternal and Child Health, Trip Report
Connecting with Partners in Sierra Leone to Enhance Maternal Child Health and WASH
By Carolyn O’Brien, CCIH Program Coordinator and Faith Engagement Team, MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership With warm Freetown sand in my toes, I said a silent prayer of thanks for field visits as I watched the sun set on the West African coast. Due to COVID-19, this is...
Maternal and Child Health, Mental Heath
Giving Voice to the Silent Burden: Maternal Mental Health Technical Consultation
by Karen Hoehn, MPM, Director, Bonstar SRL As Julian Eaton so eloquently described on this blog site in July, we all have experienced or witnessed mental suffering in ourselves, our families, our congregations and wider communities at one time or another. Sadly, mental health falls far behind physical...
Maternal and Child Health, Mental Heath
Proven Community-based Interventions to Improve Mental Health
by Cassady Mecate, CCIH Communications and Advocacy Intern Maternal mental health issues are common but often misunderstood, including how effective an informed and equipped community can be in addressing these problems. I was impressed with the rich amount of information Phiona Naserian Koyiet of World Vision International shared...
SCOPE Project Unites Partners for Maternal and Child Health
by Cassady Mecate, CCIH Communications and Advocacy Intern, and Carolyn O’Brien, MSPH, CCIH Project Coordinator At the beginning of 2020, CCIH joined the Strengthening Community Health Outcomes through Positive Engagement (SCOPE) Project. The SCOPE Project is a five-year New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) cooperative agreement funded by USAID and...