Welcome to the new look HealthServe magazine. After many decades, 'Saving Health' magazine has undergone more than a change of name and design. We hope to bring more news and information on health care mission in all parts of the globe. Please let us know what you think of it,...
Twelve years ago I met a recently qualified Indian doctor. God had called her to work in the poorest slums of Delhi. Because she obeyed God Kiran Martin's famous programme now cares for 200,000 residents in over 30 slum colonies. There are thousands of other places needing programmes the same...
Over the last five years, a small group of British doctors has been enjoying increasing contact and friendship with Romanian Christian colleagues. It all started about five years ago at Burswood, the Christian hospital near Tunbridge Wells. Aware of the stresses faced by UK GPs, a group of friends started the...
The Jian Hua Foundation (JHF) is an international charitable organisation dedicated to serving the peoples of China. 'Jian Hua' means 'Build China'. JHF believes in service with professional integrity and seeks, through our programs, and through those we introduce to China, to demonstrate practical Christian love. Founded in 1981 and...
This summer I spent my medical elective in Kuluva Mission Hospital near Arua in Northern Uganda. After four flights, an overnight stopover in Dubai, and a weekend acclimatising in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, I arrived at the small airstrip in Arua. I was picked up, and we stopped off in the...
"I lift up my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth." Psalm 121: 1 Let me set the scene for you. Imagine a small town in the middle of nowhere surrounded on all sides by...
As I am bumped along a rough rural road in South West Uganda between banana plantations in a 4 x 4 full of medical students, I wanted to pinch myself to make sure that I really was where I seemed to be. We were off to do a survey of...