CHA recognizes that the need for solidarity, justice and healing in today’s world knows no borders. Our global health programs focus on providing resources and convening members, NGOs, international organizations, and the Church to improve access to health care worldwide and help establish best practices for people and organizations of goodwill across the globe.
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Global Health Articles
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December 2025Top goals are to improve operational efficiency and ensure the continuation of high-quality care systemwide. -
December 2025Bon Secours Mercy Health's Global Ministries empowers people overseas to address pressing local needs
The international aid division of the health system is focused on Haiti, Peru, the Philippines and South Sudan. -
November 2025Catholic health systems and relief groups respond after Hurricane Melissa devastates Caribbean
Outreach ministries of Trinity Health, Hospital Sisters Health System, and Bon Secours Mercy Health are among those sending supplies and other aid. -
October 2025Q and A: CHA's Darren Henson explores what Pope Leo's Dilexi Te means for those in Catholic health care
The apostolic exhortation invites all to reflect that faith and love of the poor are inseparable. -
June 2025PeaceHealth's PazSalud ministry in El Salvador evolves over 25 years
The growing ministry provides optical screenings, glasses and cataract surgeries to Salvadorans. -
Winter 2026Thinking Globally — Embracing Global Unity First in a 'What's in It for Me' World
Catholic health institutions in every corner of the world serve as beacons of hope, compassion and healing. From urban hospitals to remote rural clinics, the healing ministry continues to respond to the needs of communities with special attention to the most vulnerable. -
Fall 2025Thinking Globally - Why We Need Serenity, Courage and Wisdom Now to Protect Our Most Vulnerable
To better navigate the complexity of today's global health relationships, we must ground our work in Catholic social teaching and embrace the wisdom of the Serenity Prayer, which begins: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference." -
Summer 2025
Thinking Globally — Catholic Social Teaching as a Compass for Catholic Health Care in a Fractured World
Now, perhaps more than ever, the world's most vulnerable populations are in the crosshairs of geopolitical turmoil, and leaders worldwide, including representatives of the Catholic Church, are calling us to action. -
Online ExtraAmid Federal Cuts, Crucial Global Health Programs Navigate Next Steps
At Shirati KMT Hospital in rural Northeastern Tanzania, 50% of the hospital's HIV/AIDS clinic personnel and support staff were let go in recent months due to the Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and freezing of funds earlier this year. -
Spring 2025Thinking Globally — From Parachutes to Paradigm Shifts: My Global Health Journey
If I were to write a book about my global health journey, it would likely be called From Parachutes to Paradigm Shifts. I jumped with one of those "parachutes" when I took my first mission trip 28 years ago. I have been untangling myself from the aftereffects of that mess for more than two decades. After living in Haiti and seeing the complexities that these "parachute missions" created when they didn't have the appropriate perspective, I decided that if I wasn't part of the solution, I would be part of the problem. You may be confused, so let me explain.
Season 4: Episode 7 - Environmental Considerations for Global Health
As health care systems look to develop healthy partnerships across the globe, environmental impacts must become a factor to consider. How do we partner with organizations in a way that isn’t harmful to communities already experiencing the effects of climate change?
Erica Smith, Executive Director of Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach, and Bruce Compton, Sr. Director of Global Health and International Outreach at CHA, join Health Calls to discuss their recent international visits, developing partnerships that focus on lessening environmental impacts and how to effectively and safely donate material goods.