How To Have a Conversation about the COVID Vaccine
By Erika Henderson, CCIH Communications and Advocacy Intern For over 200 years, vaccines have been used to protect against viruses. When COVID-19 hit, producing a vaccine was the clear course of action. The vaccine was successfully developed, but not without controversy. In addition to the evidence-based information that...
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...
Global Mental Health – Part of a fuller picture of health
by Julian Eaton, MBBS, MSc, Mental Health Director, CBM Global, and Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Many of us will have experienced personally, or through our relationships, the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on mental health and wellbeing. For example, there is a...
Technology for Global Health
by Rebecca Strachan, CCIH Intern The CCIH 2021 conference was held May 11 through 27 and brought together people from across the globe for fellowship, learning, and to share their successes and challenges in their work. Each day focused on a different theme in global health. Here are...