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I'd like to share some training activities which I have developed with the help of village people to encourage discussion on health and nutrition.
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by Pasteur Samuel Yameogo. Burkina Faso is a land-locked country in West Africa with only one short rainy season. There are often severe food shortages in the drier northern areas. Since the 1980s when there were several years of famine, community grain banks have become popular throughout the country, providing a village-based solution to critical food shortages. Grain banks make food supplies available at the hardest times of the year at carefully controlled prices. ODE has supported the ...
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by Drs Neela and Amitava Mukherjee. For the 350 million people in India who live below the poverty line, food security is literally a matter of life and death. Agriculture supports nearly 70% of the population in India, most of whom own less than 2 hectares of land.
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The Mahila Samakhya Programme of Bihar, India, began in the late 1980s with the aim of empowering women. In the state of Bihar, seven out of ten women are unable to read and write. The caste system is very strong. In addition, the ratio of women to men which used to be 1,060 to 1,000 is now only 911 to 1,000 – showing an alarming rise in the death rate of women.
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by Rosalyn Rappaport. Over 90% of people in the Gambia cook on wood fires and must spend their income or time fetching wood. The country is semi-arid. Both forests and the open, dry woodlands are shrinking as the growing population chops down trees and burns charcoal to supply its cooking stoves.
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God’s plan for holistic development To discover a wonderful picture of how the kingdom of God will develop after Jesus returns, read Isaiah Chapter 65: 17-25. Understand that this is how God would like things to be right now if everyone was responsive to his will.
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Information compiled by Isabel Carter and based largely on information from IAMAT and WHO publications, including press releases, Tropical Disease Research and Control of Tropical Diseases.
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We work with a programme aimed at preventing malnutrition in Guayaquil. We encourage the growth and use of soybeans. Though they are not traditionally grown in this area, local people have accepted them readily. Soya is a very useful food, high in protein, which can be substituted for meat, cheese, milk, eggs or fish.
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by Dr D C Warhurst. In countries where malaria is very common, many adults may carry the infection without any symptoms, but infants and pregnant women are much more likely to become ill with malaria. Drugs are mainly used to control the illness. However, they can also be used to prevent it for certain high-risk groups such as pregnant women, sickle cell anaemia sufferers and visitors who have no natural immunity.
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by Professor Chris Curtis. Malaria is by far the most important insect-transmitted human disease. Latest WHO estimates are that there are 2.5 million deaths each year from malaria, mainly among African children.
