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The Role of Faith-based organisations
Faith-based organisations have an important role to play in reaching audiences with health messages and in providing a space to discuss issues such as reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, child health, and the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting.
To find out what faith-based organisations are doing in Africa, go to http://www.comminit.com/healthafrica/search/apachesolr_search?filters=tid:138%20tid:5210
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Thanks for this link to a
Thanks for this link to a resource list, Anja. Others interested in the work of FBOs might find this UNICEF documented interesting also: Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed
http://www.comminit.com/health/content/committing-child-survival-promise-renewed
It includes: FBO partner Religions in Action's 10-step action statement for reducing infant mortality that they present to collaborating intergovernmental, governmental, and civil society bodies to enable them to join in "to develop simple toolkits and roll-out mechanisms that the leaders and congregations of each religion can use to harness their respective beliefs and believers in the implementation of these vital behavioral changes."