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Global Connection
March 2004
 
Population changes mean continued need for Hispanic plan (March 2, 2004)
Population changes mean continued need for Hispanic plan (March 2, 2004)
United Methodist News Service
(UMNS) - New patterns in both migration and immigration have propelled Hispanics to the Southeastern United States. full story
United Methodists offer drug benefits to members (March 8, 2004)
United Methodists offer drug benefits to members (March 8, 2004)

United Methodist News Service
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) - Responding to the escalating cost of prescription drugs, the United Methodist Church has begun making a drug benefit available to all 8.3 million of its U.S. members.

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Three-way partnership aims to improve health care in Africa (March 15, 2004)
Three-way partnership aims to improve health care in Africa (March 15, 2004)

United Methodist News Service
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UMNS) -  Two United Methodist-related entities and a research hospital have entered a partnership to advance health care in Africa by training medical providers to respond more effectively to infectious diseases.

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Art therapy helps AIDS orphans tell their stories (March 15, 2004)
Art therapy helps AIDS orphans tell their stories (March 15, 2004)

United Methodist News Service
BEREA, Ohio (UMNS) - It is their beautiful eyes that draw you into their world. In them, you see life filled with the joys of being a child. But there is also pain and the despair of seeing their loved ones die of AIDS, of having their homes destroyed and of suffering a gnawing hunger inside.

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Dammann verdict: What happens next? (March 22, 2004)
Dammann verdict: What happens next? (March 22, 2004)

United Methodist News Service
BOTHELL, Wash. (UMNS) - For the Rev. Karen Dammann, her acquittal on the charge that she broke church law means she can remain in ministry - a calling she first heard as a child.

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