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United Nations Advisor Visits Adventist Headquarters, Highlights Global Challenges

By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Bettina Krause)

Long-time United Nations administrator Ambassador Iqbal Riza visited the Seventh-day Adventist world church headquarters last week to learn more about the Adventist Church, meet with church leaders, and to dialogue about current humanitarian issues. Riza, currently a special advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has served within the UN structure for more than 35 years. At a lunch gathering of Adventist leaders from the United States, Africa, Europe, and South and Inter-America, Riza…

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United Nations Advisor Visits Adventist Headquarters, Highlights Global Challenges

By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Bettina Krause)

Long-time United Nations administrator Ambassador Iqbal Riza visited the Seventh-day Adventist world church headquarters last week to learn more about the Adventist Church, meet with church leaders, and to dialogue about current humanitarian issues. Riza, currently a special advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has served within the UN structure for more than 35 years. At a lunch gathering of Adventist leaders from the United States, Africa, Europe, and South and Inter-America, Riza…

Source:: sda website

Commentary: Mental Health Day

By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Katia Reinert, PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, PHCNS-BC, FCN)

The month of October highlights two important dates that bring focus to mental health. First, we have the World Mental Health Day on October 10, and secondly the domestic violence awareness month in North America. We know that survivors of trauma and violence can often experience impaired mental and physical health. We also know that there is no health without mental health. Mental illness is the number one cause of financial burden in most of the world, and despite the many efforts to reduce…

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