Capacity Building, CCIH Webinars
Helping Faith-Based Organizations Build Climate-Resilient Health Systems
Introducing the Faith-Based Climate-Health Readiness & Adaptation Assessment By Saara Dillard Around the world, climate change is reshaping the health landscape. As floods, heatwaves, droughts, and disease outbreaks intensify, the challenges faced by health systems have grown substantially. We recently saw prolonged heatwaves strain hospital capacity in South...
Small Nonprofits Partner for Big Impact: New Clinic Opens in South Sudan
By Kathy Hallen A new medical clinic has opened in West Gogrial, in South Sudan’s Warrap State, marking the first health facility ever established in the community. The project is the result of a partnership between two small nonprofits—MAMA Project, a CCIH member based in the United States,...
CCIH 2025 Conference: Change Agents for All
by Karson Wright, CCIH Communications Intern Two hundred in-person attendees from 29 different countries gathered June 9-11 at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, with many more joining virtually—united by a shared call: to be change agents in the field of global health. Hosted by CCIH,...
Hope Rises: New Name, Same Mission
Hope Rises International, formerly American Leprosy Missions, exists to bring physical healing and enduring hope to people suffering from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like leprosy. Our work has evolved and expanded since our founding in 1906 and since we adopted the name American Leprosy Missions in 1950. Formally...