Johanna's Vision...

Is to attend the Introduction to Primary Health Care School (IPHC) in 2009. This is a six month training programme (that's the way they spell it in Perth, Australia where the course is held) that will give students a heart for the poor and needy and involve them in the health needs of poor communities.

Did you know that there are 8 essential basic health care needs that you can be trained in and then be effective? These are:

1- Disease control
2- Mother and child health
3- Curative care
4- Essential drugs
5- Food and nutrition
6- Water and sanitation
7- Health education
8- Community resources

Why would someone like to be involved in this?.?

• Every day 6000 people between 15 & 24 years of age become infected with the HIV virus. That is 4 people every minute.
• In as many as 35 of the poorest countries, 30 to 50% of the population may have no access to health services at all.
• Half of all children under 5 years of age in South Asia are malnourished. 60% of women there are underweight.
• Malaria affects 300 million people in more than 100 countries each year.
• There are still 30 million infants not protected by routine vaccination in developing countries. 11 million children die from preventable causes each year.
• Tuberculosis is the main cause of death from a single infectious agent among adults.
• Acute respiratory Illness is a leading cause of mortality in young children killing nearly 2 million children under the age of 5 in developing countries each year.

Just think…in less than one year you can get out there,
Into communities,
Educating children
Doing ante natal care
Cleaning wounds
Working with safe water projects
Weighing children
And sharing the gospel with everyone you can?

You will be TRAINED in practical health care which you CAN use in rural or city areas.

{Taken from the website of the Perth, Australia YWAM school.}