The Faith Alliance for Health contributes to the new Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health to end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths by 2030 by mobilizing 1 million faith leaders to reach 50 million families or an estimated 250 million people living in countries with a high burden of child deaths from 2016 to 2020. The Alliance believes that by identifying and then supporting a cadre of highly influential faith leaders to educate their communities in the behaviors that are most likely to result in healthy, thriving children, this initiative will have a significant impact on reducing child mortality and morbidity and accelerating achievement of SDGs 2 and 3.
The Alliance is a coalition of organizations working to build capacity of local faith leadership and networks to promote behaviour change and demand for maternal, child and adolescent health services while fostering stronger linkages between communities and health facilities. The programmatic/implementing partners include CMMB – Healthier Lives Worldwide, Catholic Relief Services, Episcopal Relief & Development, Islamic Relief USA, Nigerian Interfaith Action Association, and World Vision. These organizations are supported by a strong set of advisory members representing bilateral, multi-lateral and consulting organizations, including the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities.
Press Release: https://jliflc.com/?p=33312
Commitments: https://jliflc.com/?p=33309