Compendium of Christian Projects Addressing the Diseases of Poverty

CCIH 2008 ANNUAL CONFERENCE:

Community Health and Wholeness

We are grateful to everyone who attended, or otherwise supported, our 2008 Annual Conference, May 24-26. It was a wonderful three days. The "air" was alive with excitement over the ideas and possibilities being shared and discussed. We hope to have the conference presentations online soon as well as a conference report.

WE OFFER SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUEST SPEAKERS:

Dr. Carl Taylor - Professor Emeritus, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Inaugural Recipient (2008) of the Global Health Council Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Jack Bryant - Represented USA at the Alma Ata Conference in 1978; former Board Chair of Christian Medical Commission

Dr. Henry Perry - Future Generations: Carl Taylor Professor for Equity; Vice-Chair of US Coalition for Child Survival

Prof. Henry Mosley - Professor at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; former CCIH Board member

The theme for 2008 - Community Health and Wholeness - celebrated the unique and important role that faith-based organizations can play in providing quality health care at the community level, where they are often the only ones working. We marked the 30th anniversary of the Alma Ata Declaration by taking a critical look at the track record of FBOs and the church with regard to serving the needs of communities and we discussed ways in which this service can be even more effective and appropriate in the future.

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STUDENT INFORMATION PAGE - CLICK HERE

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Upcoming Conferences of Interest

Please follow the links below to find out more about these conferences

• Ecumenical Pre-conference to the International AIDS Conference (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • July 31 - August 2, 2008
• International AIDS Conference (Mexico City, Mexico)
  • August 3-8, 2008
• Transformational Development Conference (Newberg, Oregon)
  • August 14-16, 2008
• American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (San Diego, California)
  • October 25-29, 2008
• Global Missions Health Conference (Louisville, Kentucky)
  • November 13-15, 2008
• Christian Pre-ICASA Symposium (Dakar, Senegal)
  • November 29 - December 2, 2008
• ICASA-International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (Dakar, Senegal)
  • December 3-7, 2008