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Talks from ICMDA webinars and events

  1. 5D AGO

    Webinar #290 Echo VanderWal - HIV care in the community

    Recorded on 26 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Echo VanderWal Faith in Action: Building a Community-Based HIV Care System in Africa In Eswatini, one of the countries most affected by HIV, The Luke Commission has developed a community-based model that integrates HIV services within comprehensive primary care. Rooted in Christian mission and local leadership, this approach combines mobile outreach, patient-centered care, resilient supply chains, and digitally enabled systems such as Luvelo to deliver consistent, high-quality care to underserved communities. Rather than vertical programming, the model strengthens the entire health system while ensuring people living with HIV receive lifelong support. This presentation explores how faith-driven innovation can advance efficiency, accountability, and sustainability while ensuring that the most vulnerable are not left behind. Echo VanderWal is Executive Director and co-founder of The Luke Commission (TLC), a faith-based nonprofit advancing equitable healthcare in Eswatini and other resource-limited settings. A visionary global health leader, she helped pioneer TLC’s holistic care model in response to the country’s high HIV prevalence. Under her leadership, TLC has grown into a major healthcare system serving hundreds of thousands annually. Echo graduated with highest honors from Cedarville University and lives in Eswatini with her husband Harry and their seven children. ⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    55 min
  2. MAR 12

    Webinar #288 Dr Daniel O'Neill - The healing metanarrative in the New Testament

    Recorded on 12 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Daniel O'Neill God’s word is a meta-narrative, and threaded throughout the ancient text is a healing meta-narrative. The bible reveals a unique way to engage in purposeful, health-promoting, missional living wherever we are called to serve. This second of a three-part series will present a comprehensive overview of the biblical healing meta-narrative in the Greek New Testament. Jesus’ healing ministry, the Gospel writers, the Apostles, and the early church can enhance our understanding of the vital role of healthcare and global health engagement for the healing of all nations. Daniel O’Neill, MD, MTh is a physician-theologian and managing editor of Christian Journal for Global Health, Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and holds a master’s degree in biblical & theological studies from Bethel Seminary. He serves as pastor of missions in his local church. He is a co-founder and Interim Director of Health for All Nations Institute at William Carey International University and author and co-editor of the book All Creation Groans: Toward a Theology of Disease and Global Health.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    54 min
  3. MAR 6

    Webinar #287 Dr Jim Ritchie - Moral Injury

    Recorded on 5 March 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Howard Lyons and Dr Mark Pickering chair a webinar with Dr Jim Ritchie Moral injury is inevitable when serving in medicine, especially cross-cultural medicine. Medics often feel powerful emotional burden from moral injury, a leading cause of early departure from practice. But we have learned proven methods of preventing and dealing with moral injury. These methods can be especially powerful when abiding in God’s promises. Jim will guide us through these methods, using lessons learned from research and his own experience as a medical missionary in Kenya and a combat emergency physician in Afghanistan. When serving in medicine, you will experience moral injury.  Use God’s powerful methods to protect yourself and your team, and to grow in wisdom and spirit! Jim Ritchie has been a physician for 37 years, and served in the Navy as an Emergency Physician for 25 years, including seven years as EM Residency Director, and two combat support tours in Afghanistan. He was a medical missionary in Chogoria, Kenya from 2014-2020, and helped start the Family Medicine program there. He helped build the Longevity Project at MedSend, and now serves in member care for the Post-Residency Program with Samaritan’s Purse/World Medical Mission, and leads the MedTeam at Alongside Counseling, serving healthcare missionaries. He is devoted to helping medics thrive in their profoundly spiritually challenging and meaningful ministries.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    55 min
  4. FEB 26

    Webinar #286 Dr Paul Coulter - Biblical ethics: roots, shoots & fruits

    Recorded on 26 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Paul Coulter Everything is ethical. Thoughtful decisions inevitably involve questions about right and wrong, good and bad. In the complexities of modern healthcare, ethics is increasingly important as decisions have become increasingly complex while foundations for ethics are often eroded. Christian healthcare professionals need to develop a clear biblical approach to ethics. This webinar will use the organic, biblical image of a tree to outline an approach to ethics that is rooted in the character of God, fulfils duties and rules, and also cares about consequences. It aims to help you approach real-life decisions for God’s glory and the good of others. Paul lives in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, with his wife and two teenaged children. As Executive Director of Christianity in Society, he encourages Christ-centred thinking and living through consultancy and training in evangelism, leadership and pastoral care. He also teaches in four theological colleges and for churches and conferences across Ireland and beyond. Author of eight books, he blogs and podcasts regularly. His ministry draws on experience working as a medical doctor, lay magistrate and lecturer in theology, as well as in youth work, cross-cultural pastoral ministry, and charity management. For recreation he enjoys walking hills, writing poetry, and reading history.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    59 min

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Talks from ICMDA webinars and events