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“To be caught up in healing and healthcare is to be drawn into God’s passion for human flourishing and the family offers a primary context where such flourishing is founded - an agency for restoring hope and recovering community.” (Bishop David Rossdale, IAFN Chair)

These words encapsulate what IAFN’s latest newsletter is all about, sharing stories from around the Anglican Communion of the many supportive ways churches and dioceses are coming alongside families affected by health difficulties and challenges. From pregnancy and birth care through to chaplaincy care for elders, this newsletter contains stories of mental, physical and emotional health, of community action and creative response throughout the varying stages and circumstances of life.

The mission of the Anglican Health Network (AHN) is to renew the ministries of
healing and healthcare within the Anglican Communion.

During'the'past'three'years'the'Anglican'Health'Network'(AHN)'has'been'involved'in'
conducting'a'pilot'project'to'test'the'thesis'that'a'faith'based'organization'such'as'the'
Anglican'Church'could'use'its'“brand”'to'become'an'efficient'conduit'for'the'distribution'of'
micro'health'insurance'to'the'poor'in'developing'countries.'

Following presentations at the Lambeth Conference 2008, a proposal for an Anglican Health
Network began to gain widespread interest. Meeting in Houston in January 2009, a range of
Episcopal and Anglican representatives explored elements of potential collaboration in the hospital systems in the United States, India and Middle East

The established tradition in which the Church offered health care services to
the communities of which it was a part has diminished in the face of modern
comprehensive health systems.