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Magazines | 42
Helping people make appropriate decisions about their own health needs
2000
In this issue we focus on various issues concerning community health. Dental health is the key focus, with practical information shared by Neil McDonald – who contributed to the very first issue of Footsteps! Other articles look at nutrition, the use and distribution of medicines and how youngsters helped initiate a very successful treatment for leg ulcers.
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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
An inspiring story of how a father taught many others in his village about the way young children should be fed and cared for
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
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
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?
The Tippy Tap (Footsteps 30) is a useful way of improving hygiene. It uses very little water or soap
From the 1980s, plants in this area have been affected by mealy bugs which the local people call apollo
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
The Oral Health Programme in Nepal has produced posters and flashcards in the Nepali language to share oral health messages with teachers, parents and children.
SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. It is a way of looking at organisations, programmes or projects. A SWOT exercise can help to provide new ideas about your work by identifying factors that influence it, both now and in the future. This exercise often works best in a mixed group with people from different areas and levels inside and outside the organisation.
Did you know that Tobacco is the only widely available product which, when taken as instructed, kills?
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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