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The Importance of Improving Global Health
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently donated $55.8 million to 12 nonprofit organizations dedicated to strengthening health and nutrition systems in countries throughout the world. The money is expected to reach 12 million children and 2.7 million expectant mothers through programs focused on treating and preventing malnutrition, providing maternal mental healthcare, and strengthening food systems. Relief Society General President Camille M. Johnson stated, “Whenever we do anything to bring relief to others — temporal or spiritual — we are bringing them to Jesus Christ and will be blessed to find our own relief in Him.” Improving global health is one of the greatest ways to bring relief…
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Who’s WHO — and Why You Should Care
As we near 3.5 million cases of the coronavirus and surpass 135,000 deaths, President Donald J. Trump has formally withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). The withdrawal comes on the heels of the president freezing funding to the WHO in April 2020. The U.S. contributes upwards of $400 million annually to the WHO and is the group’s largest contributor (though even before the freeze the U.S. was close to $200 million in arrears to the organization). The claims Trump has made to justify the withdrawal — including that the WHO failed to share information in a timely and transparent manner, gave faulty information, and is too…
