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CCIH Conference Explores Gender & Health
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 Gender inequity impacts the health of women and children and entire families. Many Christian organizations are addressing these issues and working to enable women to fully care for their health and their families. The 2013 CCIH Annual Conference, June 7-10 at Marymount University in Arlington, Va., will explore gender issues and encourage dialogue on how cultural norms and values relating to gender relations can support health and wholeness for all. Plenary speakers include Pauline Muchina of UNAIDS, John Donnelly of the World Bank, Daniela Ligiero of the U.S. State Department, Barbara Hernandez of Loma Linda University, Janet Riessman of the UN Foundation, Adrian Kerrigan of CMMB, and more.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 22 May 2013 13:50 )
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Senator Graham Urges Faith Community Advocacy for PEPFAR
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 Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) affirmed his belief that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has had an enormous impact for the relatively small investment made by the U.S. and urged the faith community to continue to advocate for it at an event sponsored by CCIH along with a coalition of faith-based organizations and others working in global health on Tuesday, May 14 on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Graham noted that while the United States spends approximately 1 percent of its budget on foreign assistance, most Americans believe it to be much higher. He said, “Americans are generous, but they insist we spend wisely,” and added that he cannot think of a better example of a program with a higher impact for the investment than PEPFAR. Senator Graham serves as Ranking Member of the State Foreign Operations Subcommittee on Appropriations.
Ambassador Eric Goosby, M.D, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and special representative, Office of Global Health Diplomacy and head of PEPFAR, also spoke at the event, saying millions of men, women and children are alive today due to PEPFAR and the support of advocates such as Senator Graham and partners in the faith community. “Since the early days, faith-based organizations have played a unique role in the response to AIDS. We have relied heavily on faith-based organizations to help stem the rising tide of new infections,” said Dr. Goosby. He explained that faith-based organizations were often the primary vehicle to reach those in need and commented on the extraordinary network and reach of faith communities in developing nations.
Last Updated ( Friday, 17 May 2013 18:36 )
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Lend Your Voice to Advocacy Day
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 CCIH's 3rd Annual Advocacy Day will take place on June 10 during the CCIH Annual Conference at Marymount University in Arlington, Va, June 7-10. We know advocay works and this is your opportunity to contribute your voice to the legislative process.
As Jeff Jordan, senior vice president of programs for Catholic Medical Mission Board, shared in the December 2012 issue of Connector, "It is well known that a combination of President Bush's personal faith and earnest advocacy on the part of faith leaders played prominently in the challenge to Congress that led to the tremendous expansion of programs addressing HIV and AIDS in the PEPFAR program." Lend your voice to the effort and help encourage support for global health programs.
All conference attendees are welcome to join us for Advocacy Day. There is no cost to participate. If you have questions about Advocacy Day, please contact Mona Bormet.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:53 )
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27th Annual Conference Plenary Speakers
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June 7-10, 2013, Marymount University, Arlington, VA, USA
In a plenary session at the upcoming CCIH Annual Conference on FBOs and the Power of Stories, John Donnelly, communications advisor to World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, will share his experience in communicating global health stories that inform and inspire. Before joining the World Bank in the fall of 2012, Donnelly spent 25 years as a journalist covering global health for media outlets such as the Boston Globe and the Miami Herald. Donnelly, a CCIH member, is the author of "A Twist of Faith: An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa."
With a strong background in communications and organizational advancement, Adrian Kerrigan will be joining Donnelly in the session on the Power of Stories. Kerrigan serves as senior vice president for advancement at CCIH member Catholic Medical Mission Board, and has been instrumental in the formation of a partnership between the Good Samaritan Foundation of the Vatican and CMMB to deliver medicines to those in need in resource-poor countries.
In keeping with the conference theme of Gender, Health & Development: A Christian Perspective, we'll hear from Pauline Muchina, senior partnership advisor for UNAIDS and member of the CCIH Board of Directors, on gender equality and theological teachings. Muchina holds a Masters in Divinity from Yale University Divinity School and a Ph.D. from the Union Theological Seminary in New York. She appeared in a CBS News program in 2012 on the faith community's role in reducing stigma among those affected by HIV/AIDS. Dr. Daniela Ligiero, senior gender advisor in the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator will discuss gender issues from the U.S. government's perspective and how programs and policies are working to address inequities.
In a session titled Choosing Our Mother: Embracing Our Calling, Dr. Barbara Hernandez will explore spiritual mothers and fathers in the Bible whose examples have encouraged heroic acts, thwarted the power of oppressors and changed thousands of lives. Hernandez is director of Physician Vitality and a professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 10 April 2013 15:36 )
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Register for the CCIH Annual Conference
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June 7-10, 2013, Marymount University, Arlington, VA, USA
The Biblical account of creation states that male and female were created in the "image of God" and would work as partners. But after the "fall" gender inequity arose. These inequities contribute to poverty, ignorance, disease, disability, disability and death - not just for women, but also for their families. Over the years, many Christian organizations have taken leading roles in addressing gender issues, but practices such as domestic violence, early marriage, polygamy and limited access to family planning services are evidence of remaining inequity.
The CCIH 2013 Annual Conference will explore Gender, Health and Development: A Christian Perspective, examining how Christian organizations are actively addressing problems of inequities and dialoguing on how to bring cultural norms and values relating to gender relations closer to health and wholeness for all. Go to Registration
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 March 2013 10:23 )
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