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Adventist teachers in PNG trained in health
Port Moresby
Adventist Health Forum/AMN Staff
Seventh-day Adventist schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have become healthier places for students after 90 teachers were trained early this year.
Facilitators included Dr Lester Ross and Ruth Galang from Pacific Adventist University (PAU). Ms Galang discussed issues on family sexuality, family counselling and drug abuse with the teachers.
Rita Maruha, HIV/AIDS educator for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) PNG, presented on adolescent reproductive desensitisation. The session will allow teachers to understand what teenagers are talking about and allow them to be mentors and offer advice without becoming embarrassed by the young people’s talk.
Teachers also learnt ways to promote a healthy school and identified areas in their schools which may pose a health risk for students. They were also given opportunities to discuss applicable health issues and health and reproductive issues with the facilitators.
Port Moresby
Adventist Health Forum/AMN Staff
Seventh-day Adventist schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have become healthier places for students after 90 teachers were trained early this year.
Marilyn Lewis trains teachers on the techniques of resuscitation.
The teachers, from Adventist schools in the Central Province, received information on how to identify diseases such as malaria, dysentery, typhoid and pneumonia in students.Facilitators included Dr Lester Ross and Ruth Galang from Pacific Adventist University (PAU). Ms Galang discussed issues on family sexuality, family counselling and drug abuse with the teachers.
Rita Maruha, HIV/AIDS educator for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) PNG, presented on adolescent reproductive desensitisation. The session will allow teachers to understand what teenagers are talking about and allow them to be mentors and offer advice without becoming embarrassed by the young people’s talk.
Teachers also learnt ways to promote a healthy school and identified areas in their schools which may pose a health risk for students. They were also given opportunities to discuss applicable health issues and health and reproductive issues with the facilitators.
