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January 21, 2022 Webinar #88 Rick Allen - Capacity building in mission hospitals
Recorded on 20 January 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rick Allen.
Over the past twenty years there has been a movement to use mission hospitals to train local physicians in specialised areas such as surgery, pediatrics, orthopaedics, OB/GYN, as well as family practice and other areas. These programs have been successfully graduating individuals who have excelled in their testing and professions.

The programs with rare exception have been small. Their growth has been constrained by limited resources across a broad range of need such as, infrastructure, a well-prepared support staff, dependable supply chains and a financial sustainability model.

The challenge going forward is to address the issues in order to scale-up these programs so there is an opportunity for more Christ following physicians to serve and lead in Christ’s name.
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1 hr 1 min
January 14, 2022 Webinar #87 Dr Burton Lee - Critical care in resource poor settings
Recorded on 13 January 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Burton Lee.
The burden of critical illness is disproportionately high in regions that lack trained clinicians and/or facilities that can care for such individuals.
Dr Lee presents his experience in providing a context-appropriate approach to critical care in resource-limited settings including training of national physicians and clinical officers.
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1 hr 2 min
January 07, 2022 Webinar #86 Dr Nick Land - Mental health within a biblical worldview
Recorded on 6 January 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Nick Land.
More than one in four of us will have a significant episode of psychiatric illness at some time in our lives. The World Health Organisation now says that depression is the largest single cause of ill health across the world.

As Christian health professionals we have a special responsibility to people with mental health problems, who are often stigmatised or marginalised, and to help our churches minister to them.
This seminar will seek to answer:
- How do we make sense of secular models of mental illness from a Christian perspective?
- What is the role of sin in mental illness?
- Any other questions you bring along!
Dr Nick Land is a psychiatrist, a retired medical director of a large mental health organisation, an Anglican Reader (lay theologian) and a previous chair of Christian Medical Fellowship UK. He is married to Helen (a General Practitioner) and has three sons, a grandson and three charming daughters-in-law!
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1 hr
December 17, 2021 Webinar #85 Prof Chris Lavy - Paediatric Orthopaedics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Recorded on 16 December 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Prof Chris Lavy.
Prof Chris Lavy gives an overview of paediatric orthopaedic surgical needs in sub-Saharan Africa and the key pathologies which fall into the four categories of: congenital, infective, developmental and trauma. The evidence base for the burden of disease will be considered.
The second part of the talk looks at how such a great burden of conditions can be treated and will cover the set up of dedicated training institutions such as COSECSA, and the building of facilities in conjunction with ministries of health and mission health services. We also consider future needs and how clinicians can cooperate globally.
For more from The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) visit https://www.cosecsa.org/
For more from Cure International visit https://cure.org/
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1 hr 2 min
December 09, 2021 Webinar #84 Dr Andrew Riordan - COVID vaccines & treatments
Recorded on 9 December 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Andrew Riordan who gives a brief review of the evidenced based treatments for covid and the benefits and risks of covid vaccines.

Dr Riordan is a consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool.
He has been an Associate Editor of Archives of Disease in Childhood since 2007 and was a member of the UK’s Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation 2008-2018.
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55 min
December 03, 2021 Webinar #83 Dr Gene Rudd - Are Faith and Science Compatible?
Recorded on 2 December 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Gene Rudd
For decades prominent scientists have made public claims that faith and science are not compatible. They say we should only turn to science to understand the meaning of life. They promote science as the 'gospel of our times'. But can these claims be supported?
How reliable is science? Is scientific understanding even capable of exploring the metaphysical?
Are scientists of faith an asset or liability to science? This podcast will explore these questions.

Dr Gene Rudd served for 25 years as Senior Vice President of CMDA US. He continues to serve as volunteer staff. He specialized and taught obs/gyn and garnered several awards including the Gorgas Medal for achievement in preventive medicine.
He conducted international programs with Samaritan’s Purse and CMDA including the formation of the Christian Medical Mission of Russia and the rehabilitation of the Central Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda during the genocide of 1994. He co-authored Practice by the Book, a book that teaches doctors to practice and live their lives by biblical principles.
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55 min
November 26, 2021 Webinar #82 Prof John Wyatt: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide - Recent Developments
Recorded on 25 November 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Prof John Wyatt
John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, University College London, a Senior Researcher at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge and President of the UK Christian Medical Fellowship. He has a clinical background as a paediatrician caring for sick and premature infants and also a medical scientist researching into the prevention of brain injury in newborn babies. He has always been interested in ethical dilemmas raised by advances in medical technology and has frequently engaged in public and professional consultations and debates from the perspective of the Christian faith. His book Matters of Life and Death– human dilemmas in the light of the Christian faith has been translated into more than 10 languages. His most recent book is The Robot Will See You Now, and he has contributed a chapter to a new book Healthy Faith and the Coronavirus Crisis. He and his wife Celia are longstanding members of All Souls Church in London.
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59 min
November 19, 2021 Webinar #81 Philippa Taylor - Surrogacy
Recorded on 18 November 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Philippa Taylor.
Philippa Taylor is Associate Director of the Institute for Faith and Culture, a Leadership Programme. Prior to that, she was Head of Public Policy for nine years at Christian Medical Fellowship UK, with her main focus being research and advocacy on life issues.
Philippa has an MA in bioethics and law and for over twenty years has been speaking, writing, advising and doing media on a wide range of contemporary bioethics and family issues in the UK.
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1 hr 1 min
November 12, 2021 Webinar #80 Valerie Huber - Promoting women's health globally
Recorded on 11 November 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Valerie Huber.
Valerie Huber was Special Representative for Global Women’s Health during the Trump Administration, during which time the Geneva Consensus Declaration was signed by 35 nations who committed to protect life, women's health, the family, and the right of a country to make their own laws on these issues.
Huber cofounded 2 nonprofit organizations (REACH and Ascend) and launched a professional credential for Sexual Risk Avoidance - to empower young people to make healthy decisions in relationships, build personal responsibility, treat others with respect and avoid risky behaviors.
Currently, Huber is President of the Institute for Women’s Health, which promotes the highest attainable health and wellbeing for women, and president of Artifex Strategic Advisors, which helps organizations maximize their impact.
For more from the Institute for Women's Health visit: https://www.theiwh.org
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1 hr 1 min
November 05, 2021 Webinar #79 Vishal Mangalwadi - The Impact of the Bible on Healthcare
Recorded on 4 November 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Vishal Mangalwadi.
Vishal Mangalwadi, LLD, was born and raised in India. He studied eastern religion and philosophy in India, Hindu ashrams, and at L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland.
He is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has lectured in thirty-five countries. He is a social reformer, political columnist, and author of 17 books. Christianity Today calls him 'India's foremost Christian intellectual'.
To listen live to future ICMDA webinars, visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
59 min