This book is a concise and well-indexed-a convenient resource you can carry with you in your pocket for quick reference. With limited and varied therapeutic choices, it lists a good range of treament options, emphasizing the drugs recommended on the World Health Organization-approved drug list.
This guide is intended for adaptation to conditions in different countries or communities in order to suit the needs of its users, rather than for general adoption without modification. In order to advance primary health care, all parts of it may be freely adapted, translated, or used in any form...
2012-08-25 Donde ho hay doctores más que un libro de primeros auxilios. Trata sobre muchas cosas que afectan la salud del campesino, desde la diarrea hasta la tuberculosis, desde el buen y mal uso de los remedios caseros hasta el uso cuidadoso de ciertas medicinas modernas. El libro hace hincapié en la...
2001-01-01 This book examines the underlying philosophies, principles, training curriculums, and materials used in establishing a community-based development/improvement program which is integrated into an aggressive evangelism and discipleship ministry. THIS BOOK WILL BE A GUIDE TO . . . Missionaries who...
Key Resource1992-01-01 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...
Key Resource1979-01-01 This book is for use in tropical and subtropical developing countries. It covers a variety of diseases, helpful and harmful home remedies and cautious use of certain modern medicines. Importance is placed on cleanliness, a healthy diet, and vaccinations. It covers both childbirth and family...
Key Resource2014-05-01 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...