![]() | Where There Is No Doctor - A Village Health Care Handbook (Hesperian Foundation, 1993, 516 p.) |
Hesperian Foundation |
Health books in basic language, in English and Spanish: Where There Is No Doctor, Helping Health Workers Learn, Where There Is No Dentist, and Disabled Village Children; slides and film strips on teaching materials and village theater; papers on community-based health work, politics of health, etc. |
Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC) |
Slide sets, weight charts, aids to weight charts (flannel-graphs, etc.). Free booklist. English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. |
African Medical and Research Foundation |
The Defender, a newsletter with ideas for health education methods, and an excellent series of rural health books in English. |
Afrolit Society |
Illustrations for Development, a work manual for artists to help them produce more effective illustrations on health. |
AHRTAG |
Diarrhoea Dialogue, a newsletter about prevention and treatment of diarrhea available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Bengali, and Urdu. ARI News, a newsletter about acute respiratory infections available in English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. AIDS Action, a newsletter about measures to combat the spread of AIDS. Teaching aids about rehabilitation. |
Alcoholics Anonymous |
Information about alcoholism and materials on how to start community support groups for persons addicted to alcohol or drugs. |
Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute |
Cajanus, a nutrition bulletin; other materials in English for the Caribbean. Catalog available with nutrition education, diet management, and food tables materials. |
Christian Medical College and Hospital |
Posters, flash cards, flannelgraphs in English and local Indian languages. |
Christian Medical Commission |
Contact, a newsletter about appropriate health care, in French, Spanish, and Portuguese. |
Clearinghouse on Infant Feeding and Maternal
Nutrition |
Mothers and Children, an international bulletin about nutrition and primary health care issues. Published 3 times a year in English, Spanish, and French. |
Council for Primary Health Care |
General health educational materials. |
Courtejoie, Dr. J. |
Excellent simple health books and material for villages in French, some English and Portuguese. |
DEMOTECH-Designs for Self-Reliance |
Educational material for sanitation and water systems, innovative education methods. |
Development Resource Centre |
Flip charts in English and Bangla. Flannel-graph with 60 characters for health care demonstrations. |
F.A.O. of the U.N. |
Wide variety of material, some useful at village level. English, French, and Spanish. |
Health Action International Network (HAIN) |
General health care information. |
Health Education Department |
Teaching kits. Material in English and some local languages. |
Helen Keller International |
Material on blindness from lack of vitamin A. Information on blindness prevention and visual chart. |
International Development Research Centre (IRDC) |
Publications, magazines, brochures, catalogs, and films on agriculture, health, and development. Materials in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, some at no cost. |
Matal Ris l'Atelier de Matal Didactique |
Good flip charts; a teaching plan using flip charts in French local languages. |
Nutrition Center of the Philippines |
Various written and video tape materials in English and local languages. |
Nutrition Section |
Posters, newsletters, cassettes, and booklets. |
O.C.E.A.C. |
Material in French. Some information in French and English for training experienced health workers. |
Pan American Health Organization |
Various materials in English and Spanish. |
Save the Children Federation |
Teaching materials in English and other languages. |
TAPS |
Books, pamphlets, games, and slides on self-help and community health care. In, Portuguese. |
UNICEF Communication Section |
Instant Illustration, a resource book of illustrations for health and development. New Vision, a comic strip magazine containing adventures of several development characters. Sample available. |
Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) |
Flannel-graphs, books, flip charts; Where There Is No Doctor adapted for India, in English and local languages. List available. Health for the Millions available by subscription-articles on low-cost health care. |
Women's International Network |
Flipcharts, books, and slides on women's health care. |
World Health Organization |
Appropriate Technology for Health newsletter and other materials in English, French, and Spanish. International Medical Guide on Board Ship, a guide for teaching officers and personnel on subjects concerning health care and treatment of accidents. Flannel-graphs, books, flip charts, etc. Material in English and local languages. |
World Neighbors |
Soundings, a newsletter on rural development communications; filmstrips and teaching aids in English and Spanish. Simple battery-operated projector equipment available. Free catalog. Flannel-graphs, books, flip charts, etc. Material in English and local languages. |