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“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. The time of hardship and oppression is coming to an end as the Lord restores what is broken and blesses the nations.”
“Instead of bronze, I will bring gold and instead of iron, I will bring silver.”
Isaiah 60:1, 17

 

Welcome to Iron 2 Silver

Iron 2 Silver (i2s) is a global health initiative  engaging with mission hospitals, clinics, education programs and individuals to develop the highest quality care with the resources available. We hope to advance global health so that the Gospel of Jesus Christ may be known. 

Our goal is come alongside those already serving the poor and oppressed in the name of Jesus, to lend a hand in elevating iron to something of higher value… silver. To accomplish this, we have coined the phrase “the silver standard.” 

Why We Exist

  • An estimated 3.7 billion people globally lack access to basic healthcare services.
  • Western-defined “gold standards” are often not attainable or appropriate in low-resource settings. As Christians and healthcare professionals, we must ask – what quality of care is being brought?
  • Improving quality of care is a key part of reducing mortality in low- and middle-income countries. An estimated 8.6 million deaths were amendable through greater health care quality, according to a 2018 Lancet study.

How We Do It

  • Iron 2 Silver (i2S) works alongside hospitals and clinics around the world to provide better care & achieve greater outcomes for the communities we serve.  
  • Our process uses contextualized assessments, implementation and analysis to standardize best practices. We also improve individualized decision-making based on location, resources, capacity and sustainability. 
  • I2S consults hospitals and clinics with specific areas of need identified by the local medical leadership. Often, best practices must be modeled and introduced in one area at a time, as not to overwhelm a system or group of people. 

I2S Blogs

Sarah Pruitt

“It…”

Being in Togo for close to a year has taught me a lot about myself.  It has made me really rely on God every day because frankly there is no…

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Sarah Pruitt

Ketamine and Trauma

Written by, Sarah Pruitt, DO PhD MSc (Emergency Medicine) This is a write up highlighting the below scholarly article and displays an avenue that can be used in low and middle,…

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I2S Interviews

The Iron 2 Silver Podcast is your source for best practices and quality improvement in global health work. Join hosts Greg Seager, Kelly Frazier and Sarah Pruitt for insightful conversations with leaders in global health development and medical missions that you can use to improve your practice.

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Meet the Directors

Sarah Pruitt

PhD, DO, MSc

Sarah is a board-certified ER physician who graduated from the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine and then completed residency training at the Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA in 2011. She was awarded her PhD from Virginia Tech in Health Promotion with an emphasis on international health and completed her dissertation on HIV awareness and education in El Salvador in 2009. She has worked extensively around the world in low resource settings and has been a part of medical care in over 20 different countries, having engaged in several disaster responses including natural disasters and infectious outbreaks. She spent the last 6 years serving and working at the Hospital of Hope in Togo, West Africa as a staff physician. She has completed her Masters in Disaster Healthcare from the University of South Wales and has a passion to see high-quality care delivered, regardless of the setting. Her goal is to elevate the care that mission hospitals deliver through this new partnership with CHSC. “Quality care everywhere is achievable, and we exist to come alongside others to make this a reality. For we are all made in the image of God and what better way to honor that than to strive to deliver the very best care possible in each setting.”

Kelly Frazier

MD

Kelly is a US Board Certified Pediatrician who completed training and residency at the University of Louisville. After residency she spent two years in Tsiko, Togo at the Hôpital Baptiste Biblique through Samaritan’s Purse’s Post-Residency program. At the completion of that program, she joined ABWE as a full-time medical missionary to serve at the Hospital of Hope in Mango, Togo. During her nine years in long-term missions she specialized in neonatal care and pediatric cancer care in the Low and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) setting. During this time she was also able to care for people with infectious diseases including Lassa Fever and Ebola. “I want to come alongside medical workers to teach, encourage and equip, so that we can together see quality healthcare reach those most in need, for the honor of Christ and His witness to the nations.”

Global Health Resources for Providers

Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health (CTropMed®) Since 1995, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has offered the Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health -CTropMed® recognizing individual excellence in training and knowledge.

Attainment of the CTropMed® requires: demonstration of 2 months of clinical experience in a tropical medicine setting, documentation of either extensive clinical experience or completion of a specialized training course in clinicl tropical medicine, passing the examination in clinical tropical medicine and travelers’ health administered by the Society on a bi-annual basis (even numbered years).

The Global Health e Learning center is a USAID program designed to promote global health education.  CHSC reccomends the USAID global health online courses and ecourages our missionary staff to pursue onging education in the area of global health in which they practice.

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This application is step one in making application to Christian Health Service Corps as a long-term medical or support staff missionary. If you are interested in serving for less than three years, please see the CHSC Reserve Corps Application.

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Christian Health Service Corps is an interdenominational Christian mission that holds the Apostles' Creed as our Christian Statement of Faith. The key qualification for missionary service is being a true disciple of Jesus.  


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Our Reserve Corps program allows healthcare professionals seeking to volunteer short-term to do so in a way that supports long-term Christian medical missions work. CHSC places healthcare professionals in a growing list of Christian hospitals across Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions. Christian Health Service Corps works to improve access to primary healthcare, surgical services, and community-based disease prevention services. Non-Christian volunteers are accepted on a case by case basis but solely at the discretion of the hospital and CHSC team the volunteer will be supporting.

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The Christian Healthcare Services Corps (CHSC) is a non-profit organization that provides healthcare services to underserved communities worldwide. Our mission is to bring Christ-centered, compassionate care where needed most, and we deploy Christian healthcare professional staff and volunteers to our Christian-based partners. We appreciate your interest in working with our organization and providing your specialties to the less fortunate.


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