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Footsteps 19

TB AND AIDS

Preparing this issue has been quite depressing. The outlook for the situation with AIDS and TB is very bleak. However, I have tried to include a number of helpful ideas from readers that may encourage people working with AIDS or TB patients. Dr Paul Saunderson has prepared a very helpful and thorough article about the present situation concerning TB. He offers good advice for health projects wanting to improve the TB situation in their own communities. I hope the TB cycle will be helpful in teaching others about TB. Thanks to Sir John Crofton for his help in ensuring that this material is as accurate as possible. We also include some updates on the present AIDS situation. Together, AIDS and TB present one of the major health problems of the 1990s. I hope this issue will provide a little help to those of you who are struggling to deal with the human cost involved. 

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AIDS and the Community
by Dr Ian Clarke. Many AIDS programmes involve the community. But even though programmes work in the community, the community may not feel involved in them. There is a huge difference between something that is community located and something that is... More >>
AIDS Care – Tearfund’s perspective
by David Evans. What is our response as Christians to AIDS? Should we put our efforts into education and prevention, or should we try to begin AIDS care programmes? How do these two activities fit together? An important part of Christian care is th... More >>
AIDS Update
by Nyangoma Kabarole. Recent figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show us that the AIDS situation is very serious indeed. In January 1994 they estimated that over 15 million adults and children were infected with HIV. Over three million ... More >>
Bible study
The ministry of Dorcas by Mary Kanene. In this bible study we look at the value of a particular woman in God’s service – Dorcas. Read Acts 9:36–39. Dorcas had a great love for the Lord. She took time in prayer and studying the Bible. From her love... More >>
Editorial
Preparing this issue has been quite depressing. The outlook for the situation with AIDS and TB is very bleak. However, I have tried to include a number of helpful ideas from readers that may encourage people working with AIDS or TB patients. Dr Paul ... More >>
Ideas from around the world
So many of you have shared good ideas about working with TB and AIDS education. Here is a collection of them. We hope that some at least will be helpful to you. 1. Counselling Why do so many not return for their HIV test results even after pre-test... More >>
Letters
Unnecessary injections Injections are very popular in developing countries. It is very difficult to persuade adults that injections are seldom necessary and that other treatment would be better and less dangerous. Injections can carry disease or caus... More >>
Pictures with Model Figures
Posters, leaflets and Flannel boards are all very helpful for teaching groups about all kinds of different subjects. A few people are gifted artists who can draw anything. Most of us are definitely not – we struggle to draw anything that others will ... More >>
Resources
Strategies for Hope Series Several of the booklets in this very practical series have been mentioned in earlier issues of Footsteps. The series is full of practical advice with many case studies. Booklets 1–7 are now available in French. No.1 From ... More >>
Short Cuts to Tree Planting
Here is a good idea from farmers in Costa Rica. Two months before the crop planting season begins, farmers here look for well developed trees with large shoots growing straight up from side branches (epicormic shoots). They choose thick three-year-ol... More >>
Soya recipe book
The Soya Nutrition Project has gained great popular support in Zambia. Through our work, soya beans now grow more widely here, and our booklet provides good ideas for growing, cooking and eating soya beans. The 36 page booklet How Can I Cook Soya Bea... More >>
TB and AIDS in the 1990s
by Dr Paul Saunderson. Tuberculosis – usually known as TB – was one of the most feared of all diseases in the 19th century. In the past 100 years TB has become less of a problem in many developed countries for two main reasons. The first was the un... More >>
TB: a curable disease?
by Sue Hanley. Early one morning in Thiet, Sudan, there was a knock on our door. A man stood outside, holding a tiny newborn baby. On examination, we found that the baby was full term but very small and had obviously not grown properly during pregna... More >>
The control of TB
Many different ideas have been tried or suggested. Some believe that the only hope lies in new drugs and vaccines. However, there are other ways to help improve TB control programmes. Effective treatment for TB was first developed in the 1950s, but i... More >>