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Through strategic partnerships with African health boards and support for local health systems, we are working to restore suspended initiatives, combat preventable diseases, and ensure continued access to lifesaving treatments, vaccines, and vital healthcare services for vulnerable communities. Our current Global Health priorities include: Maternal Newborn and Child Health; HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis; malaria awareness, prevention, testing and treatment; nutritional assistance and rehabilitation; essential medicines; and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).
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United Methodist mission hospitals in Zimbabwe are transforming maternity care, offering improved services, nutrition, and support for expectant mothers. Through global partnerships and dedicated leadership, these hospitals are restoring dignity, strengthening health, and bringing renewed hope to women and families.
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For the 82,000 people in Ruyigi province with no health care facility, the burden of walking more than 7 km (more than 4 miles) for medical care, especially for pregnant women and small children, was overwhelming. Through a partnership between The United Methodist Church of Burundi, the Burundian state, and Global Ministries, the new Gahambwe Health Center has changed all that, ending decades of struggle to access health care.
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Global Ministries’ WASH projects are helping communities access clean water and sanitation while easing daily burdens on women and children. By reducing time spent collecting water and including women in leadership and training, these efforts improve health, expand opportunity, and strengthen community resilience.
Healing God, you sent your Son to bring sight to the blind and wholeness to the broken. Bless clinics, caregivers and all who serve. May your Spirit bring comfort and courage and restore all people to health and abundant life. Amen.
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In Zimbabwe, the United Methodist Old Mutare and Mutambara District mission hospitals have employed resources to vastly improve the care provided to expectant mothers. The changes were largely thanks to the advocacy of Sister Florence Mefor, a Global Ministries missionary, whose service was instrumental in their implementation.
By recognizing the most pressing needs of mothers – often a lack of proper nutrition – Mefor pioneered a daily meal program. “I started this program at Mutambara after realizing that many women arrived with no food,” Mefor explained. “Some fainted; others resorted to stealing or doing odd jobs. They cried when asked about their situation. There was disharmony, premature deliveries, and low birth weights. Some chose home births, risking their lives.”
All expectant mothers receive three meals each day, peer support opportunities, and family planning education. These initiatives take a step toward equitable healthcare for the entire community and provide interventions that reduce the dangers of unsupported pregnancy and childbirth.
Gahambwe Health Center in Burundi’s Ruyigi province, inaugurated in July 2025. (Photo: UMC Burundi Health Board)
In Ruyigi province, where 82,000 people had no health care facility in their community, the burden of walking miles outside their community for care, especially for pregnant women and small children, was overwhelming. Dr. Aloys Nyabenda, health coordinator for the Burundi Area, said this center in Gahambwe will contribute to universal health coverage and the fight against avoidable maternal and infant mortality.
In early 2024, Global Ministries supported the completion of Gahambwe’s maternity block, purchase of medical and office equipment and supply of essential medications. The funding was instrumental in opening the health center and enabling it to begin offering maternal, newborn and general outpatient care. Bishop Emmanuel Sinzohagera of the Burundi-Rwanda Episcopal Area praised the fruitful collaboration between the church and the Burundian government.
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Global Ministries’ Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) efforts are transforming communities by improving access to clean water and sanitation, especially for women and children who often bear the burden of water collection. In many places, long daily journeys to unsafe water sources limit education, health, and economic opportunity.
The United Methodist Church in Cameroon received a WASH grant from Global Ministries to drill a borehole well and install an electrical pump with a storage tank at the UMC headquarters in Minkoameyos. It provides reliable access to clean water for the church and the surrounding communities, Nkmassi and Edorezok (about 1,000 people total).
Peter, a resident in Minkoameyos, said his wife and children used to spend hours fetching water for their daily household needs. “The borehole project has not only benefited me and my family; the positive impact extends beyond my household. It fosters a sense of community and collaboration. Local residents are actively involved in the management and maintenance of the water source, ensuring its sustainability for future generations.”
