Faith Community Nursing Comes to Adventist University in Argentina
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2024 Entre Rios, Argentina | South American Division (SAD) The Adventist University of Argentina (UAP) hosted the first Faith Community Nursing (FCN) training held in Spanish in the Adventist church from March 24-30, 2024. The dean of the School of Nursing (SON), Patricia Robledo, envisioned the course…
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Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Celebrates 60TH Anniversary
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2024 Hong Kong, China | Chinese Mission Field The Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Tsuen Wan is part of the Adventist Health global network of over 280 hospitals which strive to extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus. In the late nineteen sixties Dr. Harry Miller initiated the…
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Adventist AIDS International Ministry (AAIM) Advisory Inspires Young Leaders
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2024 Rwanda | Tri-Africa Division The East Central Africa Division hosted the 8th AAIM Tri-Division Advisory on April 12-16, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, on the campus of the Adventist School of Medicine of East and Central Africa (ASOME) and Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA). These two…
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Franco-Belgium Union Equips Leaders in Health Coaching Skills
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2024 Sweden | Trans-European Division (TED) A group of health promoters, pastors, administrators and health professionals from Belgium, France and Liechtenstein, came together in Brussels from April 26-29, 2024, to be equipped for comprehensive health ministry. They learned lifestyle coaching skills to support people in the process…
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Nursing Faculty and Students Get Equipped
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2024 Weimar Institute | United States (NAD) Students, faculty, nurses, physicians, and lay health promoters joined the Lifestyle Coaching Skills training sponsored by the School of Nursing (SON) at Weimar Institute in California on November 3-5, 2023. The SON dean and faculty envisioned the course as a…
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Herghelia Lifestyle Center Medical Team Learn New Skills
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2024 Romania | Euro-Asia Division (ESD) On December 1-3, 2023, the medical team and staff of Herghelia Lifestyle Center in Romania came together to learn new skills. The training was organized by Dr. Nick Dan, president of Herghelia, and Dr. Morosan, chief physician at the center. During…
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Ten Thousand Toes Campaign Launches Virtual Assistant
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2024 Fiji | South Pacific Division (SPD) Ten Thousand Toes, a campaign that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention for people across the Pacific Islands who struggle with high diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and other chronic lifestyle diseases, has launched a new way to connect with participants…
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Pastors and Health Advocates Join for Lifestyle Coaching Training in Sweden
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2024 Sweden | Trans-European Division (TED) Health promoters, pastors, and health professionals representing Sweden, Norway, Finland, and other countries in TED, came together at Hagegården LifeStyleSTAY in Sweden from February 23-25, 2024, to be equipped for comprehensive health ministry. They were eager to learn coaching skills in…
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Youth Alive Comes to Turkey
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 West-Asia Field | Middle-East North Africa Union From August 28-September 3, 2024, young people from West-Asia Field (WAF) in Turkey joined youth leaders and adult mentors to participate in the Youth Alive program. A key goal was to invite community friends from various cities in Turkey…
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Medical Congress and Health Advisory
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 São Paulo, Brazil | South American Division The South American Division (SAD) hosted a Health Ministries (HM) advisory and a Medical Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 5-10, 2023. The HM advisory convened health directors from all of the SAD unions with the purpose of…
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Adventist Health System Launches Faith Community Nursing
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 Bali, Indonesia | Southern Asia Pacific Division The Adventist Health System (AHS) of the Southern Asia Pacific Division (SSD) convened nursing leaders from hospitals and educational institutions to attend the Faith Community Nursing (FCN) Foundations training held in Bali, Indonesia, from September 24-30, 2023. Faith community…
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Addiction Recovery and Lifestyle Coaching Training Reach Korea
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 Eastern Venezuela Union | Inter-American Division Dedicated health professionals, pastors, lay leaders, and health ministry directors from Conferences and churches in the West Venezuela Union gathered to attend the 12-STEP Journey to Wholeness training from Adventist Recovery Ministries Global co-sponsored by the East Venezuela Union, Inter-American…
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Youth Alive Facilitators get Trained in Colombia
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Northern Colombian Union and UNAC | Inter-American Division The Adventist University de Colombia (UNAC) was the venue for the launch of the first Youth Alive in Spanish, a spiritual strengthening and empowerment strategy for young people of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in which they learn to…
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Youth Alive Participants Promote Community Health Challenge
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Albania Mission | Adriatic Union | Trans-European Division During April and May, Albanian youth ran Health Challenge, inviting members of the Tirana and Korçe communities to understand and use the eight natural remedies (pure air, sunlight, temperance, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, and…
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Hundreds of Youth Gather for Youth Alive in Malaysia
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Malaysia Union Mission | Southern Asia Pacific Division More than 300 young people from Malaysia and Brunei recently gathered together for a Youth Alive conference in Goshen, Sabah. Organized by the Adventist Church in Malaysia (MAUM), the Youth Alive Conference was a collaboration between the health…
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Addiction Recovery and Lifestyle Coaching Trainings Reach Korea
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Korean Union | Northern Asia Pacific Division Dedicated health professionals, educators, pastors, and health ministry directors from Conferences and churches in the Korean Union gathered to attend a week-long comprehensive health training. Organized by Pr. Park, health director, in collaboration with Dr. Ko, health director for…
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Middle East University Hosts Stop Smoking Program
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Lebanon | Middle-East North Africa Union The Middle East University (MEU) hosted a Breathe Free 2 Stop Smoking program on campus in March of 2023. The program was co-hosted by the University and the Middle East North Africa Union (MENAU). At the conclusion, 30 participants graduated…
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Brazil Equips Leaders in Addiction Recovery
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 São Paulo, Brazil | Central Brazilian Union | South American Division Pastors, health professionals, and lay church members gathered at the Adventist Training Center in Cotia, São Paulo, from March 9-10, 2023 for the Journey to Wholeness Addiction Recovery training. Nearly 180 participants across the Union…
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Lifestyle Coaching and Addiction Recovery Training Held in Fiji Island
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Trans-Pacific Union Mission | South Pacific Division The Trans-Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) hosted an addiction recovery facilitator’s training and a Lifestyle Coaching Skills workshop at the Coral Coast Christian Camp in Deuba, Fiji, from March 14-22, 2023. Sponsored through the 10,000 Toes campaign, the week-long program…
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Addiction Recovery Training Comes to Zimbabwe and Seychelles
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Harare, Zimbabwe, and Victoria, Seychelles | Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division The International Commission for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Dependence (ICPA) Zimbabwe charter hosted an addiction recovery program in Harare, Zimbabwe, from April 14-16, 2023, convening nearly 200 participants nationwide. Participants included Adventist pastors, health…
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