Hesperian's classic manual, Where There Is No Doctor, is arguably the most widely-used health care manual in the world. This 2015 updated reprint features updated medication information, a newly revised family planning chapter, new treatments for a variety of infections, and more. All Hesperian books are regularly updated and reprinted to reflect accurate medical information. Useful for health workers, clinicians, and others involved in primary health care delivery and health promotion programs, with millions of copies in print in more than 75 languages, the manual provides practical, easily understood information on how to diagnose, treat, and prevent common diseases. Special attention is focused on nutrition, infection and disease prevention, and diagnostic techniques as primary ways to prevent and treat health problems.

Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook (2024 Revision)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jane Maxwell

Carol Thuman

David, Werner

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Hesperian Health Guides

Hesperian's classic manual, Where There Is No Doctor, is perhaps the most widely used health care manual in the world. With millions of copies in print in more than 70 languages, the book is an irreplaceable health resource in communities worldwide.The CD contains the complete text of both Where There is no Doctor and Donde no hay doctor, in pdf format. And each is provided in two forms a low resolution form which will load easily on your computer, and a high resolution form which will print attractively.As with all Hesperian books, Where There is no Doctor provides practical, easily understood information on how to diagnose, treat, and prevent common diseases. Special attention is focused on nutrition, infection and disease prevention, as well as the use of diagnostic techniques as primary ways to prevent and treat health problems.

Where There Is No Doctor/Donde No Hay Doctor CD

This 2014 printing features updated antiretroviral information based on new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines to treat HIV and prevent mother-to-child transmission. Other updated topics include: treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STI's); family planning; cervical, breast and other cancers; eclampsia; care for women who have had abortions; and medicines. All Hesperian books are regularly updated and reprinted to reflect accurate medical information. Where Women Have No Doctor has been written to help women care for their own health, and to help community health workers or others to meet women's health needs problems that affect specifically women, or that affect women in different ways from men. It combines self-help medical information with an understanding of the ways in which poverty, discrimination and cultural beliefs may limit women's health or access to care. Developed with community-based groups and medical experts from more than 30 countries, this book aims to help anyone understand, treat and prevent many of the health problems that can affect women. Topics featured in the book include: how to solve health problems; ways to stay healthy; understanding the reproductive parts of women's bodies; sexual health; HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases; pregnancy, birth and breast feeding; mental health; health concerns of women with disabilities, girls, older women and refugees; the politics of women's health; rape and other violence against women; and the use of medicines in women's health.

Where Women Have No Doctor: A Health Guide for Women

A. August Burns

Ronnie Lovich

Women's Health

Where Women Have No Doctor and Donde no hay doctor para mujeres are now available together on one CD-ROM. This CD contains the complete text of both books, in both English and Spanish, in pdf format. And it's provided in two forms, a low resolution version which will load easily on your computer, and a high resolution version which will print attractively.Where Women Have No Doctor/Donde no hay doctor para mujeres combine self-help medical information with an understanding of the ways poverty, discrimination and cultural beliefs limit women's health and access to care. Developed with community-based groups and medical experts from more than 30 countries, Where Women Have No Doctor/Donde no hay doctor para mujeres is an essential resource for any woman who wants to improve her health, and for health workers who want more information about the problems that affect only women, or that affect women differently from men.

Where Women Have no Doctor/Donde no hay doctor para mujeres

Katherine Shapiro

Women with disabilities often discover that the social stigma of disability and inadequate care are greater barriers to health than the disabilities themselves. A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities will help women with disabilities overcome these barriers and improve their general health, self-esteem, and abilities to care for themselves and participate in their communities. This groundbreaking handbook was developed with the help and experience of women with disabilities in 42 countries women whose disabilities include blindness, deafness, amputations, paralysis, learning difficulties, small stature, epilepsy, arthritis, and cerebral palsy. The book is full of useful advice on
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<li>Caring for daily needs with limited access to equipment</li>
<li>Having healthy and safe sexual relationships</li>
<li>Choosing family planning methods that work best with specific disabilities</li>
<li>Preparing for pregnancy and childbirth</li>
<li>Defending against violence or abuse</li>
<li>Interactions of disability medicines with other medicines</li>
<li>Organizing for disability-friendly health care</li>
</ul>Health professionals, caregivers for women with disabilities, and trainers working with disability groups will also find A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities an essential resource.

A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities

Darlena David

Julia Watts Belser

Las mujeres con discapacidad a menudo descubren que el estigma social de la discapacidad y la atención inadecuada son mayores obstáculos para la salud que las propias discapacidades. Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad será de mucha ayuda para que las mujeres con discapacidad puedan superar estas barreras y mejorar su salud general, su autoestima y sus habilidades para cuidarse y participar en sus comunidades. Este manual innovador fue desarrollado con la ayuda y la experiencia de mujeres con discapacidad en 42 países: mujeres con ceguera, sordera, amputaciones, parálisis, dificultades de aprendizaje, estatura baja, epilepsia, artritis y parálisis cerebral. El libro está lleno de consejos útiles sobre cómo: 
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 <li>Cuidar las necesidades diarias cuando se tiene acceso limitado a los aparatos</li>
 <li>Tener relaciones sexuales sanas y seguras</li>
 <li>Elegir los métodos de planificación familiar que funcionan mejor con discapacidades específicas</li>
 <li>Prepararse para el embarazo y el parto</li>
 <li>Defenderse contra la violencia o el maltrato</li>
 <li>Prevenir las interacciones de los medicamentos utilizados para ciertas discapacidades con otros medicamentos</li>
 <li>Movilizarse para mejorar los servicios de salud para personas con discapacidad</li>
 
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 Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad también será un recurso esencial para los profesionales de la salud, los cuidadores de mujeres con discapacidad y los capacitadores que hacen talleres con grupos de personas con discapacidad.

Un Manual de Salud Para Mujeres Con Discapacidad (Spanish Edition)

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