sustainability from a christian perspective - doug fountain
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Sustainability from a Christian Perspective
Doug Fountain
CCIH
June 17, 2016
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For the record:
Sustainability in your marriage is forgetting to bring a tie and knowing better than to NOT beg your wife to send one to you by Fed Ex.
So this is proof that I do, in fact, own a tie.
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This is what the Lord Almighty said: “Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one
another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor.”
Zechariah 7:8-10
To whom does this apply:
Past peoples?
Our current generation?
The future?
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Imagine you all spent the next 10 minutes talking to each other about sustainability
rather than listening to me.
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Faith Based Organizations are more sustainable because they outlast many
governments and donor-driven programs.
I plan for sustainability in my grants, by promising to find local money after the grant
is over.
God gives us the inspiration and the resources. God sustains us.
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Define sustainability
Sustainable development: meeting needs of people today without compromising the
ability of people to meet their own needs in the future.
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Define sustainability in health
Delivering high quality care and improved public health
Improving lives, for generations to come
Personal commitment to promote health
I would add: Partnering locally and supporting initiatives that by definition outlast partner
involvement.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
• 17 goals
• 169 targets
• 300+ indicators
• Intended to draw focus and coalesce action
• Criticisms: “Not enough Health” or “Not enough FBO reference” or “They don’t affirm values such as compassion, love, generosity, sacrifice.”
Certainly Complex!
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Good Health and Well Being
• Maternal mortality
• Newborn/<5 mortality
• AIDS, TB, malaria, NTDs
• Non-communicable diseases
• Substance abuse
• Road traffic accidents
• Reproductive health
• Universal coverage, access
• Hazardous chemicals
• Tobacco Control
• R&D Vaccines/Medicines
• Health workforce dev’t
• Risk reduction
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Health “Related” SDGs
Zero hunger
Clean water and sanitation
Sustainable cities and communities
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Partnerships for the goals
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We should be familiar with the SDGs, and reflect them in our plans and goals.
But will that make our work together “sustainable”?
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What makes us think something is sustainable?
We believe in our hearts
We can measure it
We can see the effects of it
We have faith - God called us to it
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The challenge is – sometimes our work looks like this:
Go it alone strategies
One off strategies
Externally imposed strategies
Experimental approaches that can’t be tested
Technologies that work in the USA
Gap filling
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What threatens sustainability?
Disaster
Distraction
Diversion
Dereliction
Dependence
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World Economic Forum:Sustainable Health Systems
Anticipate more empowered patients, diverse delivery models, new stakeholders. We will confront tough questions like:
• Will individuals share population health risks?
• Where will authority be located: national, supranational, local?
• Will innovation come from within or outside the system?
• Will people accept active influence over individual lifestyles?
• Will healthy living be a minority choice, a civic duty or an aspiration?
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_SustainableHealthSystems_Report_2013.pdf
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Attributes of an aligned and sustainable health approach
• Data driven – “accountable to best practices”
• Build local ownership and influence
• Promote behavior change –empowered to enact improvements in one’s own health
• Integrate education, research and service• Professional education
• General education
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Health System Strengthening
Community-Based
Prevention and Care
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What do we add as Christians?
Dignity
Ethics
Compassion
Holistic
Transformation
Stewardship
This, on top of what we receive because of our faith: divine guidance and the never ending opportunity for
healing and renewal
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What do we add as Christians?
A narrative – a fundamental story line, an epic plotthat makes sense out of our journey together.
Through Christ, we offer hope and grace for a world that is hurting.
And that, I think, is sustainable health.