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Articles Using medicines in the community
In many countries, people treat three quarters of all illnesses by using medicines without first seeing a health worker. This is called ‘self-medication’. They may obtain medicines from their home, friends or relatives, a market stall, local shop, traditional healer or a pharmacy. Though some of these sources may provide good quality and appropriate medicines, others may supply inappropriate and potentially dangerous medicines.
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Bible studies Bible study: The Bible's teaching on hygiene
Some of the Bible's main teaching about physical cleanliness may seem strange and harsh to us. However, our modern understanding of how many diseases are transmitted shows other rules to be very sensible
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Articles A children’s initiative
Children in many Third World countries suffer from painful leg ulcers. One group of school-age children in Chiba, in the DRC, decided to take action and asked for help
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Articles Mealy bugs
From the 1980s, plants in this area have been affected by mealy bugs which the local people call apollo
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Articles Pensions for older people
Since 1974 the Brazilian government introduced the ‘Lifelong Monthly Income’ – a pension scheme for all older people, whether or not they paid contributions. Our research has found that nearly 75% of older people in Recife actually support their whole families on this pension because the young people are unemployed
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Articles A real success story
An inspiring story of how a father taught many others in his village about the way young children should be fed and cared for
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Articles Down in the mouth - An example from oral health
Nepal is one of the world’s ten poorest countries, with just $6 available from the government budget to provide healthcare for each person every year. The treatment of infectious diseases of the chest and bowels swallows all of this money. Who cares about teeth?
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Articles More bite for healthcare
Two-thirds of the world’s healthcare professionals work in industrialised countries amongst one-third of the world’s people. This means that many poor people have little access to healthcare services. The situation is a challenge to both planners and health workers in low-income countries
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Bible studies Bible study: The role of churches in development
In this Bible story from Matthew 14:13-21, Jesus gives lessons in development to his Church, and he chooses to do it through a miracle. Jesus shows himself as a facilitator, using appropriate methods to share ideas. This story could be seen as a lesson on development given by Jesus to his disciples. A good development worker must know how to teach, using educational material, like Jesus did
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Articles Why do poor people want computers?
When Rodrigo Baggio first began talking about starting computer schools in the favelas or shanty towns of Rio de Janeiro, people told him computers weren’t for the poor, but for the middle classes
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