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Article: AIDS a priority as mission marks 75.(Catholic Medical Mission Board)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 9, 2004
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The enormity of the AIDS pandemic loomed over the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, the leading U.S.-based Catholic charity dealing exclusively with global health care. John Galbraith, president and CEO, told Catholic leaders and laity active in the mission board's worldwide work that they need to become "as resourceful as the virus in combating HIV/AIDS."
The virus presents the greatest challenge to the organization's member agencies, which serve the least accessible regions of the world's poorest countries, Galbraith said.
The Catholic Medical Mission Board was founded in 1928 by Dr. Paluel Flagg, who ...