Download - January Series 12/27 Draft
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“A man cannot travel great distances without developing ideas.”
“Old Seeker”, encouragingyound Nxumalo,
The Convenant, p. 91,James A. Michener
Mission to HealThe January Series
Calvin College
Glenn W. Geelhoed January 13, 2011
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“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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• Simplicity
• ComplexityChaos
• Simplicity
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“A mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
“A mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Transformational Learning
We are all “on a mission.” www.MissionToHeal.org
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Darfur/Chad
Refugee/IDPs
UN/NGO
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The Healing Art Is a Nearly Ideal Transportable Skill Across All Artificial Human Barriers:
Geographic
Linguistic
Racial
Cultural
Religious
Political
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Morbidity & Mortality
•Mortality: loss of years from life
•Morbidity: loss of life from years
•Leading causes of MORTALITY on the planet:• Diarrhea• Acute Respiratory Infections• Malnutrition• Malaria• Measles
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Morbidity
• Infection vs Infestation• Burden of illness• Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)• Soil Transmitted Helminths• Schistosomiasis• Lymphatic Filariasis• Trachoma
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Living Beyond Borders
• Outside Borders• Political• Geographic• Cultural• Religious
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Living Beyond Borders
• Inside boundaries• Socio-economic• Ethnic divides• Misunderstandings
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Living Beyond Borders
• Have / Have Nots
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Surgery in General
•A healing art in tandem with medical curative and prevention programs•Example: thyroidectomy• Simple process• Complex benefits
•Prevention programs• Public health• Nutrition• Development
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Hypothyroidism
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• Immediate response, for good or ill• Teachable techniques• Judgment: Cumulative & Adaptive
Surgical Skills
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Consequences of Medical Intervention: Hypothyroidism
+ Cretinism+ Goiter+ Low Energy, Fertility
- Hunger- Competition for Resources- Population Explosion
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So, you want to be Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
• To explore unknown territories
• To meet exotic peoples
• To have novel experiences
• To satisfy the inner adrenaline junkie
• To benefit those less fortunate
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Kaposi’s/HIV
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Africa
Medical Anthropology& Geography/”States”
Whenever mass diseaseoccurs, it is a result of ‘disturbance of human culture.’
- Rudolf Virchow, MD
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Nigeria
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Congo
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Rwanda - Kigali
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Rwanda - Gisenyi
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Chad – N’djamena
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Chad – Am Timan
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Somaliland
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Ethiopia
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Sudan
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Sudan
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Malawi
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Malawi
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Tanzania
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Haiti
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Himalaya: On trek
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Himalaya: Ladakh
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Afghanistan: Kabul
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Afghanistan: Hindu Kush
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Philippines: Mindanao
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Philippines: Bukidnon
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Philippines: Palawan
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Cambodia: Phnom Penh
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New Orleans - Katrina
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“Never Again” – Over again
Holocaust - Humanitarian Relief•Cambodia•Rwanda•Congo•Somaliland•Sudan
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Wake-up Calls
• September 11, 2001• Tsunami• Earthquakes• SARS• Flu• Bioterrorism
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Resources
• Motivation – BYO• Money• Resourcefulness•Flexibility•Ingenuity•Improvisation
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Resource
Surgery and Healing in the Developing World
Available as a free download at:
LandesBioscience.com
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Gifts From The Poor
Available as a pre-release after this presentation
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Coping
Self Fulfilling Prophecy : “There is really nothing you can do for these people.”
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Good Enough for African Standards
“We are doing good, so we do not have to do it very well”
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“Teaching to Fish”
Indigenize Skills: Working our way out of a job
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The “Other”
They are not “like” us…
They ARE us…
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Who is my neighbor?
Who built the Fence?
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Empowerment
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“It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, That separates one person from another”
Nelson Mandela, 1995Long Walk to Freedom, p184
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Healing…For Whom?
• Patients cared for• Trainees empowered• The care givers• Social and political isolation• Humanitarian, Ethical, Religious
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The South Sudan Peace Initiative Model
Building a health bridge between competing cattle cultures
Healing and Health
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Giving – The Gift
• Giving Back• Learning – Gifts from the poor• Options – Life: To spend or to give
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Operation Giving Back
• To Live• To Learn• To Love• To Laugh• To Leave a Legacy