1. New Digital X-Ray Machine for Evangel

Evangel hospital last week unveiled its brand new digital x-ray machine. For some time we have been struggling with our old machines, and the last one was starting to give images of rather poor quality. The new machine represents our commitment...

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2. Global Summit On AIDS & The Church--Nov 28-30

The Global Summit On AIDS & The Church will be held this year on November 28-30 at Saddleback Church, Lake Forest in Southern California. See the online information and registration at the conference website. There is a long list of distinguishe...

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3. Latest senior registrar

Congratulations to Dr Benjamin Sumi who, having passed his exams, is now the latest senior registrar in Evangel! Keep the good work going.

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4. Evangel website goes interactive!

We're busy improving this website to help make it more useful and interactive. The biggest change is that you can now comment on articles, rate their usefulness on a scale of 1 to 5 stars, and mark your favorites. The picture below shows what the dif...

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5. Pediatric Tuberculosis and HIV/TB Coinfection: Two online, multimedia presentation (free CME :-)

The Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center is offering an online audio and slide (PowerPoint) presentation on the topic of pediatric tuberculosis. This is, of course, a vital topic for doctors in most developing countries and certainly where H...

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6. Kids Club

These are our precious kids who came for Kids Club some time ago. The first Thursday of every month our HIV positive kids gather for games, snacks and a Bible story or craft. We really want to show them the love of Christ and pour into their lives. M...

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7. Community Eye Health Journal

Yesterday, I was looking at a few issues of the Health Development CD-ROMs, distributed free by TALC. If you work in a developing world country and do not already receive these, you should really contact TALC You do not need an Internet connec...

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8. Dr. Odumu Outreach Report

We recently received the following report from Dr. Paul Odumu, one of our family practice residents, describing the mission trip he organized and took over the three-day Easter holiday. A great example of partnership, not only in that Paul has traine...

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9. A special reunion of the healed

The annual VVF reunion started today and goes through Saturday. Hundreds of women gather from villages across Nigeria to celebrate their healing from VVF. Tonight they had a special program with dancing and singing. I loved walking around and greeti...

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10. Evangel registrar marries American "missionary kid"

Family practice resident Dr. David Dennis Nege married Saralynn Blyth on 18 November at the Kent Academy chapel in Miango. Saralynn is the daughter of Evangel pediatric consultant Dr. Mike Blyth and his wife Barbara. She first came to Nigeria with he...

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11. Record-breaking tiny baby goes home

Baby Babalola went home recently after a ten-week stay at Evangel. As with any premature baby, we were happy that he had done well and arrived safely to the point of being released home, but Baby Babola had one special feature: he was the smallest ne...

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12. Medical director gives presentation at international conference

Dr. Sunday Lengman, medical director of Evangel Hospital, has just returned from the 2006 World Congress of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the meeting, Dr. Lengman presented a research pa...

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13. Evangel doctor wins regional award

Dr. Gbenga Ogunfowokan, a family physician at Evangel Hospital, received an award last week at the meeting of the West Africa College of Physicians Faculty of Fmaily Medicine. Dr. "Oguns", who is also a pastor, received the award for the hi...

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14. A disease that destroys the 'fame of the family'

by Tony W. Cartledge A program at ECWA Evangel Hospital specializes in the repair of vesicovaginal fistulae (VVF's), a debilitating condition that is rare in the Western world, but more common in underdeveloped countries. In layman's terms, VVF ...

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15. Evangel offers free malaria treatment

Evangel Hospital has begun providing a new, state-of-the-art malaria treatment free of charge. The combination drug, Coartem, is provided by the Nigerian government as part of its anti-malaria campaign. Presently, the free program is limited to young...

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