DISEASES

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1. Operation HOPE Goes on Ubuntu Journey
   04/29/2013 -- It would have been unheard of some eight years ago for members of Operation HOPE to be going on an Ubuntu trip. That was a time when these HIV-positive women were struggling to survive.
2. On Mother’s Day, Stand with Mothers in Africa
   04/12/2013 -- Encourage your local church congregations to participate in Imagine No Malaria’s alternative giving campaign supporting women’s health and the health of their families.
3. Food and Hunger
   02/05/2013 -- While overnutrition and undernutrition seem to be polar opposites, they are both forms of malnutrition.
4. Addressing HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
   01/11/2013 -- The Reverend Serna Samuel, United Methodist Women Regional Missionary for the Caribbean, provides a glimpse into her work on HIV/AIDS.
5. Imayam Social Welfare Association: Coimbatore, India
   12/20/2012 -- United Methodist Women supports this project, whose purpose is to support women’s and children’s comfort in the face of HIV/AIDS.
6. A Gift for Life in Rwanda
   12/01/2012 -- Since 2005 Rwanda Gift for Life has responded to the hardships and trauma rape survivors continue to face even as they struggle to care for their families while living with HIV.
7. African American Leaders Fight HIV/AIDS
   11/30/2012 -- World AIDS Day is this Saturday, December 1. Sharing stories like McKie’s is one way that we honor the struggles of people who are affected by this epidemic. It also shows the evolving face of the disease.
8. Introducing Food Justice
   11/14/2012 -- Hunger and poverty have a cyclical relationship.
9. HIV's Unexpected Legacies
   10/01/2012 -- Activists fighting the AIDS epidemic for 30 years share lessons about social justice, gender equality, human rights and solidarity.
10. Stumbling Over Reproductive Health
    09/01/2012 -- Every woman has a right to complete health care throughout her life -- even in developing countries.
11. Ramon
    03/18/2012 -- Ramon has been in and out of prison for most of his life, mostly for drug-related offenses, both using and selling. He is HIV positive, has mental health issues and has burned most of his bridges with friends or family.
12. It’s Time to Overturn the Tables
    03/11/2012 -- In a Sunday school class I was in years ago we were asked, “Is anger a sin?” The incident described in John 2:13-22, in which Jesus turns over the tables of the moneychangers and those selling goods in the temple, is one of the most often cited examples o...
13. Ubuntu Journey to the Republic of Haiti
    03/09/2012 -- Join other United Methodist Women on an Ubuntu Journey to the Republic of Haiti, October 14-20, 2012. You will join with Methodist Women of Haiti on the grounds of the Methodist Guest House for a seminar focusing on the daily stigma and discrimination chu...
14. 2011 Global Justice Volunteers Africa Program
    07/25/2011 -- From July 3 to July 11, 2011, young people from across Africa gathered together in Nairobi, Kenya, to prepare for their eight-week term as Global Justice Volunteers (GJV).
15. Faint Not
    01/04/2011 -- Surviving breast cancer taught United Methodist Women member Tonya Murphy about faith, persistence and supportive community.
16. Lord, If You Choose, You Can: An Advent Sermon for World AIDS Day
    12/01/2010 -- Rev. Wilson shares a theological perspective on the issue of HIV/AIDS.
17. Treating HIV, AIDS and Stigma
    11/30/2010 -- Around the world, HIV and AIDS still ravage lives and communities, and the discrimination that comes with the disease can be worse than the illness.
18. Women, Health and Safety
    11/17/2010 -- Urge your congressional representative to support and co-sponsor H.R. 5268, the Global Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes while Maximizing Successes (MOMS) Act.
19. UMC Bishop Thomas Bickerton Speaks on Ending Malaria Deaths at U.N. Panel
    09/22/2010 -- United Methodist Women had a presence at the U.N. Week’s Digital Media Lounge Tuesday during which a panel discussion was held about malaria that included United Methodist Bishop Thomas Bickerton, who spearheads the Nothing But Nets campaign.
20. Joycelyn Elders Leads Town Hall on Health Care Reform
    05/02/2010 -- Dr. Joycelyn Elders encourages women to create a consensus that health care for all is not only necessary but possible.
21. Maryland Women Journey with Navajo Widows
    04/13/2010 -- When a group of Navajo Native Americans from New Mexico needed a ride to the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., Maryland United Methodist Women not only gave them a lift, but also joined them on a historic journey in search of justice.
22. Victory for Health Care
    03/23/2010 -- Implementation of the Health Care Reform Act’s provisions will be staggered over coming years. Here are some of the key changes.
23. After the Health Care Summit
    03/05/2010 -- Let your lawmakers know that everyone should have health care!
24. West Africa Women Meet to Explore Being Better Together in Christ
    06/03/2009 -- This impromptu composition by missionary Catherine Akale became the unofficial theme song of this first gathering of leaders from United Methodist women's organizations within the West Africa Central Conference. The participants gathered in Monrovia, Libe...

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