Health for all : the Vanga story / [print]
Health for all
Daniel E. Fountain ; foreword by David Stevens.
- Pasadena, California : William Carey Library, (c)2014.
- xx, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
The vision -- Beginnings -- Multiplication: training health workers -- Decentralization: getting primary healthcare to the people -- Community health: preparing the foundation -- Bringing traditions and science together -- Culture makes almost all the difference -- Animism and the gospel -- From a mediocre to a quality hospital -- Training competent physicians for Africa -- Putting the whole person back together -- HawaiiV: the great challenge -- Population dynamics and how to influence them -- Management as partnership -- Running a health service in a bankrupt economy -- Healthcare and the Christian faith -- The missionary call.
When Dan Fountain and his wife arrived in the Congo in 1961, the challenges to effective medical missions seemed overwhelming. As the only doctor for a quarter of a million residents of the Vanga Health Zone, and with nothing but a dilapidated mission hospital and an undertrained staff to run it, Dr. Fountain turned to prayer, innovation, and local partnerships to meet the vast needs of his area. https://www.amazon.com/Health-All-Vanga-Daniel-Fountain-ebook/dp/B00JQQ1JC2/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9780878085354&qid=1572492980&sr=8-1