International Day of Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) (Feb 6)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2018 UNFPA, jointly with UNICEF, leads the largest global program to accelerate the abandonment of FGM, currently focusing on 17 African countries and also supporting regional and global initiatives. This Day also falls under the ongoing Spotlight Initiative, a joint project of the European Union and the…
Read MoreWorld Mental Health Day 2018
Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World. Mental health issues are not luxury or exclusive problems. They are serious issues many people of all ages around the world struggle with. October 10th is World Mental Health Day 2018 and the focus this year is on young people. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there…
Read MoreLet Your Light Shine: Community Engagement
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2018 “… You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself.” These words should become part of the very fabric of Christian life; but unfortunately, they have not! Love for God and love for people, all people, are not mere suggestions, yet they don’t seem to be…
Read MoreInternational Day of Disabled Persons (Dec 3)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2017 The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons, proclaimed by the United Nations, aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every…
Read MoreWorld Mental Health Day (Oct 10)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2017 The theme this year is Working Together to Prevent Suicide. Every 40 seconds someone commits suicide. Join the initiative in “40 seconds of action” to raise awareness of the scale of suicide around the world and the role that each of us can play to help…
Read MoreHappy, Healthy New Year!
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2017 2017 has flown by, and 2018 will soon be a reality! Christmastide comes so quickly amidst the busyness of travel, planning, caring, and sharing. As we practice Christ’s method of outreach and help extend His healing ministry through Comprehensive Health Ministry, the real Reason for the…
Read MoreEducating Health Professionals: Our Mandate
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2017 “In the ministry of healing, the physician is to be a coworker with Christ. The Savior ministered to both the soul and the body. The gospel which He taught was a message of spiritual life and of physical restoration.” –Ellen White, MH 111 Considering the high…
Read MoreSDA Guidelines on Immunizations (April 24-30 Is World Immunization Week)
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2019 Immunization saves millions of lives every year and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Yet, there are still nearly 20 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world today. This year’s theme for the WHO World Immunization Week…
Read MoreBalanced Living, Balanced Teaching
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2017 It is not easy to maintain balance in a busy life. But, not being easy does not mean it is not achievable. Stressful, busy periods of ministering to people may be inevitable and can be manageable in the short-term. But when we don’t take steps to…
Read MoreRest for the Soul
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2017 We usually think of stress as being caused by negative pressures or unhappy events of life. Those are easily recognized. However, sometimes we do not realize that even “good pressures” and working for a good cause, such as in service to God, may result in the…
Read MoreAnother Year for Thee
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2016 This year has sped by at amazing speed. Time certainly flies, and I fly more. Early October already marks the introduction of Christmas decorations in malls and shopping outlets, yet most of the world hurries on, forgetting that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” How…
Read MoreSeventh-day Adventists and Nutrition
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2016 The Seventh-day Adventist Church encourages a balanced vegetarian diet. “The diet God ordained in the Garden of Eden–the vegetarian diet–is the ideal, but sometimes we cannot have the ideal. In those circumstances, in any given situation or locale, those who wish to stay in optimum health…
Read MoreNew Scientific Evidence Confirms EGW Counsel
In this video clip, Dr. Peter Landless, Director of the Health Ministries Department at the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist church comments on a recent report from the World Health Organization. After a careful review of the accumulated data, the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified processed meat as carcinogenic to humans based on sufficient evidence, and red meat as probably…
Read MoreImmunization Guidelines
The Seventh-day Adventist Church places strong emphasis on health and well-being. The Adventist health emphasis is based on the Bible, the inspired writings of Church co-founder Ellen G. White, and is informed by peer-reviewed scientific health literature. As such, we encourage responsible immunization/vaccination, and have no religious or faith-based reason not to encourage our adherents…
Read MoreIt’s the Weather for it
It is a British occupation to blame the weather for virtually everything, but there is one area at least where this might be with some justification–the increase in infectious disease worldwide! A Report has just been released by Jean-François Guégan (of the Institute for Development Research, Montpellier, France) examining the data on 332 human pathogens…
Read MoreBirth Control: A Seventh-day Adventist Statement Of Consensus
Scientific technologies today permit greater control of human fertility and reproduction than was formerly possible. These technologies make possible sexual intercourse with the expectation of pregnancy and childbirth greatly reduced. Christian married couples have a potential for fertility control that has created many questions with wide-ranging religious, medical, social, and political implications. Opportunities and benefits…
Read MoreThe Seventh-day Adventist Church and the AIDS Epidemic – Guidelines
Rationale The global epidemic of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has profoundly impacts the worldwide gospel mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Church leaders are called to respond through initiatives in education, prevention, and community service, and through personal acts of kindness to persons and families involved in the crisis. AIDS is no respecter of…
Read MoreAnimal Crackers
You would think that we have come a long way from the belief of medieval travelers in the borametz, a cross between a plant and an animal. While never encountered in real life, it was thought that this plant produced melon-like fruit which when ripened burst open to reveal miniature lambs with fleece as soft…
Read MoreSeventh-day Adventist Position Statement on Homosexuality
The Seventh-day Adventist Church recognizes that every human being is valuable in the sight of God, and we seek to minister to all men and women in the spirit of Jesus. We also believe that by God’s grace and through the encouragement of the community of faith, an individual may live in harmony with the…
Read MoreA Glow In The Dark?
Through the years, great minds have been exercised as to whether or not the light is on in the fridge after the door has closed! Somehow, in spite of assurances that the light goes off, there is still an element of doubt that some entertain. However, the “glow” in the title does not refer to…
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