Global Health

Glenview United Methodist Church in Harare, Zimbabwe is currently closed due to a cholera epidemic. Photo courtesy of Priscilla Muzerengwa.

Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe closes church doors

Harare church at epicenter of outbreak has suspended programs but is communicating health information and alerts via texts to its members.

Social Concerns

View of healthy soy beans growing at Madisi Farm in Malawai. Photo by Joseph Kaipa for UMNS.

In Malawi, community permaculture farming transforms lives

Those who benefit from permaculture farming include villages who are recovering from malnutrition now that they can eat vegetables from their gardens.

Mission and Ministry

Public health official Adolfo “Trio” Paras III leads a class on AIDS prevention at Wesley Third Millennium United Methodist Church in Cabanatuan City, Philippines, in July 2018. The 2018 Breaking Barriers HIV/AIDS ministry conference, Oct. 25-27 in Indianapolis, is designed to help United Methodists save lives, reduce stigma and increase awareness about HIV/AIDS. File photo by Gladys Mangiduyos, UMNS.

Churches can help erase stigma of HIV/AIDS

October “Breaking Barriers” conference in Indianapolis will offer ways for United Methodists to be in advocacy and alleviate suffering from HIV/AIDS.

Global Health

Two worshippers wash their hands using handwashing kits installed in front of the Tokolote MotoMoto United Methodist Church in the Kindu Nord District. The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries funded the installation of the handwashing stations at local churches in the Eastern Congo Episcopal Area. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UMNS.

Church works to fight, prevent Ebola in Congo

More than 45 people, including a United Methodist lay leader, have died from the virus since a new outbreak was declared Aug. 1 in the Beni District.

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