Memories from my first airplane flights are really more emotions rekindled than events remembered. I recall the magical feeling of lifting off the pavement, of seeing the clouds up close, and then the first bump of turbulence. The bumps didn’t bother me at first. But as the speed of the airplane increased, the jolts […]
In May 2005 HCA, Hospital Corporation of America, donated office space to INMED in the doctor’s building at Baptist-Lutheran Medical Center at 6700 Troost Avenue, Suite 224, in Kansas City, Missouri, 64131-4401. These 200 square feet of comfortable space now allow INMED’s full-time staff of two to more effectively equip health professional for international service.
Chrissy VanDillen recently served at the Baptist Medical Center in Nalerigu, northern Ghana, and earned the INMED International Medicine & Public Health Diploma.” “I am a medical student at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, and have been interested in international medicine and learning about all the opportunities available for physicians to help people outside of the
In 1989 I arrived in Luanda, the capital city of Angola, to begin making good on my commitment to assist the churches in interior city of Huambo as they launched a healthcare project. Those were wild days of civil war: roads littered with landmines, random military attacks on nationals and foreigners alike, wide-spread hunger,
Well-meaning people continually inquire about the terminology associated with global health. Their inquiry is not just hair-splitting. Terminology may be subtlety different, and yet the meanings conveyed be profoundly divergent. And so consider these terms: global health, international health, international public health, and international medicine. In common usage, global health and international health best refer to the overall health status
Where will the next generation of medical missionaries come from? How will young health professionals catch the vision for missions unless they actually experience them? On this theme, my thoughts frequently turn to the new, 80 bed Lubango Evangelical Medical Center. Conceived by Steve Foster, MD, and funded through Samaritan’s Purse, the EMC will be a
What is the big news in our nation this Christmas season? Unexpected reconciliation? Epidemic contentment? Record acts of incredible kindness? Few of these are reaching the headlines. Instead our media is focusing attention on the Iraqi body count, bloodshed in the Middle East, the report of the 911 Commission, creation of the National Counter-Terrorism
At this moment, Fall 2004, our nation is embroiled with political debate. Just weeks away from the Presidential election many conversations surround the issues of gay marriage, Iraq policy, the lackluster economy, and stem cell research. As debates intensify, so does the importance of our individual positions. Whether we lean left or right is
One of the most familiar accounts in the Bible is that of Peter walking with Jesus on the surface of the Sea of Galilee. “Early in the morning Jesus came walking toward the boat on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, ‘It is a
How does a person find his or her passion in life? How does one discover the vocation for which they seem to have been uniquely created? Though theoretical on first impression, the question is not an abstract one. Find your dream, and in many ways you also find your energy for life. Catch a