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Footsteps 13

CLEAR VISION

This edition of Footsteps takes the topic of vision. The gift of sight is a very precious one - a gift that many in this world lose through the lack of appropriate eyecare. The study of ophthalmology is a very detailed and specialised field. But simple steps to improve eye-care could be taken by many health centres, to help protect the sight of many.

The main article by Dr Jock Anderson gives helpful guidelines for simple eye care. The eye work in Biombo gives a useful insight for health centres who would like to devote more time to eye work. We also consider how we look at the world around us. What affects our vision? Do we see the concerns in our communities as God wants us to? Or is our vision clouded? 

Please find below articles from Footsteps issue 13.


by CB Samuel.  When we deal with our neighbours, families and the world around us, what helps us to decide the right things to do and say? Here are some imaginary situations which all of us might face. Read through these case studies - if possible ... More >>

by Nick Brown.  In an earlier issue of Footsteps (No 5, December 1990) Dr Julian Evans introduced the idea of community involvement in forestry. Most agencies and governments involved in forestry in poorer countries now recognise that forestry prog... More >>

A letter recently received from Senggo Christian Hospital in Irian Jaya, raised various questions about the sterilisation of equipment to kill the HIV virus. The letter ends ‘...in the developing world, it isn’t much help to know that glutaraldehyde ... More >>

The land as a gift from God by Revd Dr Chris Wright. In the Old Testament, Israel had land to live in because God, quite simply, had given it to them. This gift of land made Israel realise how dependent they were on God and how dependable God was in... More >>

This edition of Footsteps takes the topic of vision. The gift of sight is a very precious one - a gift that many in this world lose through the lack of appropriate eyecare. The study of ophthalmology is a very detailed and specialised field. But simp... More >>

by Audrey Fernandez.  The busy clinic at Biombo in Guinea Bissau, West Africa, acts as a centre for primary health care work in the surrounding areas. A group of eye specialists from Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) visited Biombo in January this y... More >>

Material abridged from lecture notes kindly supplied by Dr JDC Anderson. Our sight is very precious. It is wonderfully protected, both by its position within our skull and by several mechanisms such as blinking and tears. Together, these keep the fr... More >>

AIDS The recent letters on AIDS reminded me of two very serious problems in SW Mali. We worked with the Malinke farmers for seven years in Mali. As far as we could determine, we had only two cases of AIDS in that time. They were both cases of men w... More >>

Hanyane - A Village Struggles for Eye Health by Dr Erika Sutter, Dr Allen Foster and Ms Victoria Francis The 263 page book is designed to help those involved in health care and in particular, eye nurses, ophthalmic assistants and community health w... More >>

Development and our vision for the future  Adapted with thanks from an article written by Torrey Olsen, World Vision, Gao, Eastern Mali.  We have found it very helpful to conduct training among our staff in eastern Mali using the 'twelve factors'... More >>


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