Vaccine Hesitancy and How the Faith Community Can Help
World Immunization Week is an ideal time to celebrate this life-saving intervention and take stock of what we learned from COVID vaccine hesitancy. The challenge public health officials faced with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance may have raised the profile of vaccine hesitancy, but it is not a new phenomenon....
Advocacy, Connector Articles, Family Planning
Advocacy Project Tapped Into the Power of Faith Leaders as Health Influencers
The Christian Advocacy for Family Planning in Africa (CAFPA) project came to a close in December 2021 after seven years. The project, which was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, leveraged the talent, commitment, influence and connections of faith leaders to drive change and build support...
COVID-19 Check in with CCIH Affiliate MUSUHUM in Niger and Benin
We checked in with Dr. Stachys Hounkpatin, Program Officer with CCIH affiliate Mouvement Universel pour la Survie de l’Humanité, working in Niger and Benin, for an update on their response to COVID-19. We understand MUSUHUM (Mouvement Universel pour la Survie de l’Humanité) has two clinics in Niger, what...
SANRU in the DRC Shares COVID-19 Strategies and Challenges
We checked in with Malonga Miatudila, MD, MPH, Senior Public Health Specialist with CCIH member SANRU near Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ask about the COVID-19 situation in the area and how SANRU is responding to the pandemic. What is the community around...