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Title:Medical Missions: A Neglected Theme in Zimbabwe's History, 1893-1957
Author:Zvobgo, C.J.
Year:1986
Periodical:Zambezia
Volume:13
Issue:2
Pages:109-118
Language:English
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subjects:missionary history
hospitals
Health and Nutrition
History and Exploration
Religion and Witchcraft
External link:https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03790622_244
Abstract:Study of the role of Christian missionaries in the field of African health in colonial Zimbabwe (1893-1957), focusing on the history of four major mission hospitals: the American Congregational Church hospital at Mount Selinda (opened in 1893), the Dutch Reformed Church hospital at Morgenster (1894), the American Methodist Episcopal Church hospital at Nyadiri (1925), and the Church of Sweden hospital at Mnene (1925). The study shows that the medical missionaries not only relieved a great deal of suffering among Africans, especially in rural areas where initially government hospitals and clinics were either very few of nonexistent, but also trained African nurses and orderlies at their hospitals. Ref.
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