Interfaith Health Platform

05/05/2026

Drawing on reflections from World Health Organization (WHO) experts, faith leaders, and scientific experts, a webinar entitled “For Every Generation: Faith, Justice, and Science in Immunization” was hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 30 April.
Read more: https://www.oikoumene.org/news/webinar-explores-faith-justice-and-science-behind-vaccines
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22/04/2026

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A webinar on 30 April will focus on "For Every Generation: Faith, Justice, and Science in Immunization."

In preparation for the World Health Assembly, and in observation of World Immunisation Week, the 90-minute webinar will bring together World Health Organization experts, faith leaders, and scientific experts working at the interface of faith and science to explore how vaccines protect people across the life course. It will review the history and scientific evidence for immunisation, highlighting how vaccines safeguard children, adolescents, adults, and older persons, and why equitable access is a matter of health justice.

📅 30 April | 3:00 PM CEST
🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Apk6KFxXRz23Kdi7iZ_5Ig
Read more: https://www.oikoumene.org/news/webinar-will-focus-on-for-every-generation-faith-justice-and-science-in-immunization

09/04/2026

Today marks World Health Day — and at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, WCC staff and visitors gathered in morning prayer under this year's theme: "Together for Health – Standing with Science."

In a message from the WCC Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing, Commission Moderator Rev. Dr Stavros Kofinas reflected that health is multidimensional — encompassing social, personal, and environmental realities:

"Our social environment is formed by our family environment, our political environment, our religious environments, our educational environment, our occupational environment, and even the environment of our health systems."Center

His call for this World Health Day: "We must become compassionate and merciful to those that suffer. By doing these things, we will be true caretakers of all that composes our environment and we will endure a healthy state of being, not only for our individual selves, but for the world at large."

How is your faith community responding to the call for a holistic, compassionate health?

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04/03/2026

10/02/2026

From Challenges to Change: HIV & Reproductive Health Insights 2025–2026

Join the World Council of Churches for an online briefing on 19 February focusing on how the global HIV and reproductive health landscape continues to evolve amid complex social, economic, and political realities.

This briefing will offer an opportunity to:
🔹 Reflect with global ecumenical partners on the major challenges faced in HIV and reproductive health during 2025
🔹 Learn about key events, activities, and priority areas for 2026
🔹 Foster collaboration among faith partners and diverse communities to strengthen collective responses

🔗 Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LeH04hHBSEud7KD2WGrEuQ
📖 Read more: https://www.oikoumene.org/news/online-briefing-will-cover-from-challenges-to-change-hiv-reproductive-health-insights-2025-2026

18/12/2025

One Faith, One Voice: A
Shared Commitment to Health
and Wholeness in Africa

03/12/2025

It’s the first day of the African Faith & Health Leaders Consultation in Nairobi, hosted by CCIH, the All Africa Conference of Churches, and the ACHAP Secretariat.

Faith and health leaders from 10 sub-Saharan African countries are beginning work on a shared advocacy platform to strengthen collaboration and elevate faith voices in health policy.

Stay tuned for more updates!

03/12/2025

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02/12/2025

"What can I say? My rights, your rights.”
Check out this topic and more in “Just Digital,” an online course aiming to help individuals and groups navigate wisely online and advocate effectively.
https://ccrvoices.org/courses/just-digital/

The Against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day.

02/12/2025

✨Fair access to accurate history is a form of digital justice.
Check out the WCC “Life and Work Digital Collection: A Century of Ecumenical Social Ethics and Action,” more than 300 publications, up to 35,000 pages that embody more than 100 years of reflection on social ethics and action.

https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/publications/life-and-work-digital-collection

The Against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day.

02/12/2025

✨The AI Genie is Out of the Bottle: Can Digital Governance Catch Up?” ✨Watch a panel discussion from the from 11th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs.

https://www.oikoumene.org/news/at-symposium-faith-actors-and-global-institutions-find-the-sun-together

The Against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day.