Adventist School of Medicine in East Africa Welcomes Students
The Adventist School of Medicine of East Africa (ASOME) officially opened its doors to welcome its first students on March 10, 2021. Placed in the Adventist University of Central Africa, Kigali, Rwanda, the school has enrolled 34 students in the first class, with 12 females and 22 males.
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COVID-19 Vaccines: Addressing Concerns, Offering Counsel
By: General Conference Health Ministries Department, General Conference Biblical Research Institute, and Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health Seventh-day Adventists look to the coming of Christ as the great culmination of history and an end of all disease, suffering, and death. At the same time, we have been entrusted with…
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Health Ministries Advisories
On September 21-22, 2021 the General Conference Health Ministries (GCHM) department held its first division advisory for the quinquennium under the theme I will Go Sharing Wholeness Serving All via zoom. Division Health Ministries leaders representing the 13 divisions and 3 fields of the General Conference attended, eager to learn about the I will Go quinquennium theme.
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COVID-19 & Future Pandemics Symposium
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2020 Chiapas, Mexico | Inter-America Division (IAD) How do we prepare ourselves for a future pandemic? This was one of many questions discussed at a virtual symposium in September 2021. The discussion was virtual but the concerns are real. The event was organized by the of the…
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COVID-19 Mental Health Initiative is Launched at Annual Council
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2020 Silver Spring, MD, USA | Inter-American Division (IAD) António Guterres, the United Nations‘ (UN) Secretary-General, stated that the mental health of society has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and is a priority to be addressed urgently. He added that Mental health will remain…
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Adventist Medical Association Holds Virtual Conference
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2020 São Paulo, Brazil | South American Division (SAD) The Adventist Medical Association (AMA) held the 1st AMA Virtual Congress in partnership with the Adventist College of Bahia (Fadba), on November 28, 2021. The chosen theme was: “Healthy Mind: The Original Paradigm” and according to Dr. Lionel…
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Covid-19 Mental Health Initiative
Covid-19 Mental Health Initiative is an initiative supporting mental health among youth and young adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic . Learn more and join in at www.youthaliveportal.org/mentalhealth
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Health Professionals Conference
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2020 Kiev, Ukraine | Euro-Asia Division (ESD) On May 5-7, 2020 the Angelia Clinic in Kiev, Ukraine lead by Dr. Yury Bondarenko in collaboration with the Euro-Asia Division hosted an online conference for health professionals. The theme was “Mental Health of Nedical Workers and Their Patients During…
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Healthcare Workers Find Encouragement And Support
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2020 Miami, USA | Inter-American Division (IAD) On May 13, when the COVID-19 Pandemic was at its peak in many places around the world, Adventist Healthcare Services-InterAmerica (AHSIA) held a special day of meditation, orientation, encouragement and prayer to the benefit of the workers of the 14…
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Virtual Cooking Show And Scaling Up Health Ministries Training
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2020 Philippines | Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD) This summer with the rising of the pandemic, the health ministries department of SSD under the leadership of Dr. Lalaine Alfanoso hosted several virtual health programs in order to reach people all over the globe concerning health amidst the COVID-19…
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Making Friends Amidst A Crisis
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2020 Beirut, Lebanon | Middle-East North-Africa Union (MENAU) Lebanese people in Beirut have been experiencing difficult times. They are facing not only a pandemic like other countries, but also political and economic uncertainly, and more recently, a major accidental explosion that caused widespread injuries and loss of…
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White Oak Medical Center – Adventist Healthcare
A few days before I was set to begin my service as president of Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, little did I know the following months would be a tumultuous journey that would test our team’s resolve, courage and strength. As the pandemic swept across the United States, Adventist HealthCare…
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Waldfriede Hospital Centenary Amidst Pandemic
Waldfriede Hospital has existed in Berlin for 100 years. The Lord has blessed our home all these years despite consequences of World War I, World War II, several world economic crises, the division of Berlin into East and West and the reunification, and now the corona pandemic. During this pandemic we responded by: increasing our…
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Penang Adventist Hospital
During these trying moments of the pandemic, Penang Adventist Hospital (PAH) took time to reach out to the needy in our community; emulating what our founder, Dr. J Earl Gardner, was called to do: to serve the community. Just as many other sectors, the healthcare industry is very much affected by this pandemic. PAH is…
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Angelia Adventist Medical Center
Quarantine came to Ukraine suddenly, bringing hard decisions on how to survive with our young team of 37 workers in Angelia Adventist medical center in Kiev. We have outpatient and inpatient services in mental health, neurology, family medicine, and dental care. Because of quarantine limitations, patients’ flow and financial status became significantly decreased. We had…
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Youth Alive Expand Reach Among Youth in Serbia
Young people in Serbia spent the new year feeling ALIVE. From December 29th,2019 to January 02, 2020 dozens of youth teams came to the Zlatibor mountain, in Serbia, and were introduced to the Youth Alive program. They met new friends, shared their experiences and listened to useful presentations about how to be resilient against at-risk…
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Mental Health is the focus at the Health Summit in the Philippines
The Southern Asia-Pacific Division hosted its first ever Mental Health Summit. More than 400 delegates coming from the three Philippine unions participated in the summit on February 21-23, 2021. The Mental Health Summit investigated the inseparable relationship between the mind, the body, and the spirit, with the hallmark Adventist view of education: restoring the image…
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Mental Health Summit comes to Inter-America
Nearly 200 administrators and leaders from dozens of IAD countries and islands met in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, January 22-25, 2020, for several days of lectures, workshops, and opportunities for networking among the core group. Themed “Your Brain, Your Body, Your Heart,” the four-day event reinforced the need for the physical, mental, and spiritual health…
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First Ukraine-Belarus Lifestyle Center Summit takes Place
March 9-12, 2020 marked a special event – the first of its kind. Directors of denominational Wellness Centers as well as those of supporting ministries met with union and conference HM directors and administrators of their respective territories. In all, 14 wellness centers were represented at this ESD Health Ministries mission-driven initiative. Dr. Peter Landless…
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Adventist University in Peru Celebrate their First Graduates in Medicine
The last weekend of January 2019 saw the graduation of the inaugural class of the UPeU (Universidad Peruana Union) Medical School. There was celebration and rejoicing as 29 graduates received their MD qualifications. Parents, teachers, administrators, and students joined in with great enthusiasm. The commencement convocation included the messages from the University President, Gluder Quispe,…
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