Let Prevention Prevail!

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Taste and See (Psalm 34:8)

Defang the mosquito's power!

It is a time to rejoice with those who rejoice as science discovers a potential way to prevent a worldwide scourge like malaria. When prevention prevails in the treatment of diseases, costs, human suffering, and death decline. In a novel approach reported publicly this week, Harvard researchers found two drugs that kill the malarial parasite in the mosquito. In this scenario, it would not matter if the mosquito bit you, since the parasite would already be dead. Rather than insecticide, mosquito nets might be impregnated with a cocktail of drugs to be absorbed via the insect’s feet and legs. This method may become commonplace in a decade. For those of us who have endured malaria, we rejoice to know ANY hope of diminishing this equatorial enemy.

We dream of a day when Medicare in the United States can prioritize prevention, enabling families to care for their beloved elders with fewer health issues. While reimbursement improves, training with practical tools, equipment, activity, and nutritional habits that could prevent falls, disease, and lengthy rehabilitation stays is rarely targeted by insurance. Prevention demands more work. It also requires more expense if not planned for integrally over the decades before strength flags, hearing diminishes, and eyesight dims.

At the annual Level 2 University FHB studies in Abidjan, we begin the first day of sessions by emphasizing how Community Health Engagement/Evangelism/Education programs (CHE approaches) reduce public and community health expenses while conducting regular household visits with training in good health practices. In the U.S., illness and painful falls often precede families seeking counsel on how to live wisely. Then, needed adaptive expenses often fail to qualify for Medicare reimbursement. The system prefers paying for treatments that develop other treatments over time rather than helping families design bathrooms or teaching a senior adaptive use of a shower chair, despite their having fallen multiple times for lack of prior attention. Physical therapists and friends in similar situations of helping elderly parents lament, too. The focus on curative care instead of prevention imposes high financial and personal costs on families. Thankfully, Debbie’s father, who may be released from the rehab center next week, is blessed with several items that will help him move more safely in daily life despite his weakened frame. Debbie anticipates an additional $500 or so. Still, the frustration is real and shared!

Come and See (Psalm 34:8)

Since Debbie’s dad, Eddie, will likely be discharged from the rehab center soon, we anticipate an exceptionally busy period for several weeks. We will move him to another town, where Debbie’s sister, Laura, has rented a large home to accommodate her needs and her father. Eddie will NOT have to climb unmanageable stairs outside. Additionally, the interior is spacious for a rollator, and it also features a walk-in shower. Once we have him safely installed there and have helped him clear a large storage unit in Nashville, Verlin will build a ramp for the entrance to our small home. This will serve as a secondary, safe place for Eddie to stay, and it is now possible to build, as we have caught up on our financial reports. As soon as possible in June, Debbie will keep a promise to her dad by taking him on a short visit to his childhood hometowns in Arkansas and Oklahoma for closure. Eddie would eventually like to rent a small, one-bedroom place of his own, but that is not something his daughters envision soon, based on reports from physical therapy.

Prayer & Praise

• 🙏 Thank the Lord for ongoing efforts to eradicate malaria. Pray that other research and remedies will find ways to eliminate the parasite in the mosquito, rather than simply killing the mosquito.
   
• 🙏 Pray that the Ivorian people will remain calm in the face of presidential elections this fall.
   
• 🙏 Debbie’s father will likely leave rehab sometime next week. He plans to move in with Laura, Deb’s older sister. She has recently rented a large house in another Tennessee town. The next few weeks will be busy as we help him move again, assist him in clearing a large storage space in Nashville, and build a ramp at our house to provide him with a secondary, safe place to stay.
  

Your partners in the Gospel,
Verlin & Debbie

Verlin and Debbie

 

Christian Health Service Corps (CHSC) is a mission of dedicated medical professionals who participate in the CHE Global Network. Together, in a loose affiliation of individuals, churches, denominational, and nondenominational agencies, we share God's Light and Truth through Community Health Evangelism (CHE). Verlin and Debbie accept donor partners to contribute as led to provide support as we maintain residential ministry to expand CHE ministries in Cote d'Ivoire under the auspices of CHSC & Ivorian partners. Tax-deductible contributions by check are to be made payable to the CHSC with Andersons #0118 written on the memo line. Mail to CHSC - PO Box 132 - Fruitvale, TX 75127. Give online via the CHSC @ www.che4a.org (3% fee) or TDF - specifying Verlin and Debbie Anderson in the optional Memo.

 

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