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Church-backed program in Kenya provides energy-saving cookstoves
- Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
- Oct 13, 2019
In Kenya there is a project to improve cooking methods for health and environmental reasons.
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Catholic aid agency works to improve public sanitation in Ghana
- Church in Africa
- Oct 12, 2019
Ghana’s rapid urbanization means Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is shifting resources to hygiene and sanitation, as the number of people without access to toilets increases to over 5 million.
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USCCB official calls defense of fetal tissue research ‘deeply disturbing’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Dec 19, 2018
An official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said recent comments made by Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, in defending human fetal tissue research were “deeply disturbing.”
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Catholic Relief Services helps improve public health in Togo
- Church in Africa
- Nov 3, 2018
Access to toilets is not something that captures the imagination of celebrity activists, but it is one of the most important health issues facing the developing world.
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Congo bishops concerned as Ebola spreads to urban area
- Global Church
- May 20, 2018
An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is “deeply concerning” for the bishops of the country, especially since the disease has been found in Mbandaka, a city of 1.2 million people.
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Medical experts who are religious leaders look at faith, health, healing
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Apr 26, 2018
Religions provide hope, meaning and models of behavior that have been proven to promote health, healing and long life, said speakers at a Vatican meeting.
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- Oct 19, 2019

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