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social science subjects > health and social care > global health > society and health > International Health Ministries Office

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International Health Ministries Office  

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  • The International Health Ministries Office (IHMO) is a mission-based agency of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PC USA) that focuses on worldwide health concerns of vulnerable populations. IMHO partners with churches and other collaborative agencies around the world to attempt to prevent, alleviate and treat health concerns in the most impoverished parts of the globe. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; International Health Ministries Office (IHMO)]

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