Thirty years in Saboba
Longtime CHSC staff Bob and Dr. Jean Young are celebrating their 30th year serving in Saboba, Ghana! Dr. Jean Young has provided surgeries for thousands of children, mothers and adults...
View ArticleAsking the Right Questions Part 2: Questions medical missionary candidates...
Experience has shown me that asking the wrong questions can lead to unnecessary failure on the mission field but what are the right questions? This set of questions deals with matching with a health...
View ArticleAsking Myself the Right Questions About Becoming a Medical Missionary
Success is never something the Lord demands. Perhaps Mother Theresa defined the Lords perspective best. She said, “God does not require we be successful, only that we be faithful”. This is clearly the...
View ArticleChildhood Malnutrition: Community-Based Care and Support – Part 1
There is no greater challenge to child survival in the developing world than malnutrition. Managing malnutrition is outside the realm of normal practice for healthcare professionals trained in western...
View ArticleMedical Missions and Participatory Learning and Action (PLA)
PLA Participatory Learning and Action has long been the foundation of best practices in community development. However, I believe it has practical application across all cross-cultural and global...
View ArticleHonduras’ need for a new hospital: Junior’s Story
Quality healthcare is hard to obtain in Honduras. It’s the second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Around 75% of Hondurans live in poverty, unable to buy the food and...
View ArticleNyankunde: A Blessing for Baraka
CHSC general surgeon and pediatrician Drs. Warren and Lindsey Cooper serve at Nyankunde Hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The recent gift of a pediatric bronchoscope provided by World...
View ArticlePreventing Cholera in Malawi
CHSC family medicine doctor Christina Miller frequently offers community health education in Malawian communities on a variety of health topics, including cholera prevention – a serious task in the...
View ArticleFighting malnutrition in the Congo
As several concurrent crises plague the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, like years of warfare, frequent pregnancies, and the separation of families, malnutrition is a persistent, deadly threat...
View ArticleUkrainian refugees and veterans find hope at Agape
CHSC Physical Therapist Carrie Moss continues to treat Ukrainian soldiers, veterans and refugees at Agape Rehabilitation Center in Lutsk, Ukraine, where she has served since 2014. In her latest update,...
View ArticleSo, What is This Thing Called Integrated Management of Childhood Illness – IMCI?
New on Medical Missions 101: When implemented, IMCI can and does reduce early childhood morbidity and mortality. It also improves growth and development among children under five years of age. IMCI is...
View ArticleAnswering God’s Call at Mukinge Mission Hospital
Images by David Uttley, Story by Carter Mize It may feel like a “tug on the heart,”or a “still, small voice” in the mind, or maybe even an overwhelming shout...
View ArticleCommunity-Based Malnutrition Strategies: Childhood Malnutrition – Part 2
Growing Moringa as a Childhood Malnutrition Strategy There are a number of health initiatives that can help communities make permanent changes toward ending malnutrition. One such project centers on...
View ArticleThe Joy of Recovery: Birungi’s Story
“This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” – Nehemiah 8:10 Birungi walked through Nyankunde Hospital in a pretty...
View ArticleComing Home Again – Reynaldo’s Story
Reynaldo often talks about home. During his three-year stay at CHSC-supported Hospital Mision Tarahumara in rural northern Mexico, he’s openly recounted memories of farming in his small village, or...
View ArticleKetamine and Trauma
Written by, Sarah Pruitt, DO PhD MSc (Emergency Medicine) This is a write up highlighting the below scholarly article and displays an avenue that can be used in low and middle,...
View ArticleContemplation Under Togo Starry Nights
When you first visit Mango, Togo you can’t help but notice the sky. The flat landscape and noticeable lack of surrounding trees make the sky appear vast and ever-changing. Foreboding...
View ArticleIt…
Being in Togo for close to a year has taught me a lot about myself. It has made me really rely on God every day because frankly there is no...
View Article“How long, O Lord?”– Finding Hope in Ukraine
CHSC Physical Therapist Carrie Moss and her colleagues at Agape Rehabilitation Center continue to serve those with spinal cord injuries, disabilities, and refugees from the war in Ukraine. I know...
View ArticleAn Abrupt Surprise: Abruptions and timely obstetric care
Timely obstetric care is extremely important for mothers all over the world. CHSC OB/GYN Alicia Stone encountered a case of placental abruption at Bongolo Hospital, Gabon, that illuminated how...
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