Methodism’s focus on health as a part of mission dates to the 19th and 20th centuries when missionaries expanded the options for health care in underserved communities.
Through United Methodist conferences and health boards, Global Ministries works to strengthen whole networks of health responses, from revitalization of facilities and staff training to building better water sources, developing sanitation facilities and promoting nutrition. Global Health continues to concentrate on eradicating preventable diseases, such as malaria, HIV and AIDS and COVID-19, and supporting the most vulnerable populations, including mothers, newborns and children.
Global Ministries is also the lead agency for the UMC’s Abundant Health Initiative.
Explore Our Ministries
- Health Systems Strengthening
- Imagine No Malaria
- Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
- COVID-19 Response