CIFA

On the six-month anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO)-CIFA Consultation on Describing Religious Health Assets, CIFA is proud to announce, along with the WHO Departments of Partnerships and UN Reform and Geographic Information Systems, that the final report and improved revised mapping tools: Services Availability and Readiness Assessment tools that have been adopted for Faith Based Organization Module, which are the outcome of the WHO-CIFA Consultation on NGO Mapping Standards Describing Religious Health Assets, at Chateau de Bossey, Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland on November 10-12, 2009, have been completed.

The new tool has been pilot-tested by WHO in several Sites and is found to be useful, effective, user-friendly and easy to interpret.

With this tool in hand, a global health inventory fully including religious health assets is now possible. Our partners at WHO are pleased with this result and believe that it represents good practice and enhanced utility in the mapping of religious health assets (RHAs).