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COJ Nursing & Healthcare

Building Sustainable International Nursing Collaborations

Submission: August 05, 2019; Published: September 16, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/COJNH.2019.05.000616

ISSN: 2577-2007
Volume5 Issue4

Abstract

The history of medical missions’ dates back to the 18th century when an American missionary to China, E.C. Bridgman, noticed that Western medicine was more effective than Chinese medicine in curing cataracts. Since then, there have been countless health missions sponsored by faith-based and humanitarian groups to all parts of the world to reduce suffering and improve the quality of lives of vulnerable populations [1]. Africa has been a major recipient of such aid due to Africa’s poor health statistics: Africa ranks low on most of the indicators of sustainable development goals [2]. This is due mainly to poor health policies, poor funding of health care, marginalization, and political/civil unrest. Effective health missions involve reaching out to the poorest and most vulnerable populations by providing curative and preventive treatment in a sustainable manner.

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