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close this bookWhere There Is No Doctor - A Village Health Care Handbook (Hesperian Foundation, 1993, 516 p.)
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View the documentTEACHING AIDS AT LOW COST
View the documentINTRODUCTION
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Open this folder and view contentsWORDS TO THE VILLAGE HEALTH WORKER (Brown Pages)
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 1 - HOME CURES AND POPULAR BELIEFS
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 2 - SICKNESSES THAT ARE OFTEN CONFUSED
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 3 - HOW TO EXAMINE A SICK PERSON
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 4 - HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A SICK PERSON
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 5 - HEALING WITHOUT MEDICINES
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 6 - RIGHT AND WRONG USES OF MODERN MEDICINES
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 7 - ANTIBIOTICS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO USE THEM
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 8 - HOW TO MEASURE AND GIVE MEDICINE
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 9 - INSTRUCTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR INJECTIONS
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 10 - FIRST AID
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 11 - NUTRITION: WHAT TO EAT TO BE HEALTHY
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 12 - PREVENTION: HOW TO AVOID MANY SICKNESSES
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 13 - SOME VERY COMMON SICKNESSES
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 14 - SERIOUS ILLNESSES THAT NEED SPECIAL MEDICAL ATTENTION
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 15 - SKIN PROBLEMS
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 16 - THE EYES
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Open this folder and view contentsChapter 18 - THE URINARY SYSTEM AND THE GENITALS
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 19 - INFORMATION FOR MOTHERS AND MIDWIVES
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 20 - FAMILY PLANNING - HAVING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN YOU WANT
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 21 - HEALTH AND SICKNESSES OF CHILDREN
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 22 - HEALTH AND SICKNESSES OF OLDER PEOPLE
Open this folder and view contentsChapter 23 - THE MEDICINE KIT
Open this folder and view contentsTHE GREEN PAGES - The Uses, Dosage, and Precautions for the Medicines Referred to in This Book
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View the documentVOCABULARY - Explaining Difficult Words
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ADDRESSES FOR TEACHING MATERIALS

Hesperian Foundation
P.O. Box 1692
Palo Alto, California 94302 USA

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)
P.O. Box 49
St. Albans
Herts. AL1 4AX United Kingdom

Slide sets, weight charts, aids to weight charts (flannel-graphs, etc.). Free booklist. English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

African Medical and Research Foundation
(AMREF)
Wilson Airport, P.O. Box 30125
Nairobi, Kenya

The Defender, a newsletter with ideas for health education methods, and an excellent series of rural health books in English.

Afrolit Society
P.O. Box 72511
Nairobi, Kenya

Illustrations for Development, a work manual for artists to help them produce more effective illustrations on health.

AHRTAG
1 London Bridge Street
London, SE1 9SG
United Kingdom

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
World Services Incorporated
P.O. Box 459
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163 USA

Information about alcoholism and materials on how to start community support groups for persons addicted to alcohol or drugs.

Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute
P.O. Box 140
Mona P.O.
Jamaica, West Indies

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
Vellore 632004
Tamil Nadu, India

Posters, flash cards, flannelgraphs in English and local Indian languages.

Christian Medical Commission
Box 66, 150 Route de Ferney
1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland

Contact, a newsletter about appropriate health care, in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Clearinghouse on Infant Feeding and Maternal Nutrition
APHA
1015 15th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005 USA

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
1787 A. Mabini
Malate, Manila
Philippines

General health educational materials.

Courtejoie, Dr. J.
Centre pour le Promotion de la Sante
B.P. 1800
Kangu Mayumbe (B.Z.)
Republique du Zaire

Excellent simple health books and material for villages in French, some English and Portuguese.

DEMOTECH-Designs for Self-Reliance
P.O. Box 303
6950 AH Dieren
The Netherlands

Educational material for sanitation and water systems, innovative education methods.

Development Resource Centre
c/o Concern
P.O. Box 650
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Flip charts in English and Bangla. Flannel-graph with 60 characters for health care demonstrations.

F.A.O. of the U.N.
Nutrition and Home Economic Division
Via delle Terme de Caracalla
00100, Rome, Italy

Wide variety of material, some useful at village level. English, French, and Spanish.

Health Action International Network (HAIN)
49 Scout Madrinan
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

General health care information.

Health Education Department
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Teaching kits. Material in English and some local languages.

Helen Keller International
15 West 16th Street
New York, New York 10011 USA

Material on blindness from lack of vitamin A. Information on blindness prevention and visual chart.

International Development Research Centre (IRDC)
P.O. Box 8500
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 3H9

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
Busiga, P.B. 18
Ngozi, Burundi

Good flip charts; a teaching plan using flip charts in French local languages.

Nutrition Center of the Philippines
MCC P.O. Box 653
Makati, Metro Manila
Philippines

Various written and video tape materials in English and local languages.

Nutrition Section
Public Health Department, Box 3991
Boroko, Papua New Guinea

Posters, newsletters, cassettes, and booklets.

O.C.E.A.C.
Service de la formation et de la documentation
B.P. 288
Yaounde, Cameroun

Material in French. Some information in French and English for training experienced health workers.

Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO)
525 23rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037 USA

Various materials in English and Spanish.

Save the Children Federation
54 Wilton Road
Westport, Connecticut 06880 USA

Teaching materials in English and other languages.

TAPS
Appropriate Technology for Health
Caixa Postal 20.396
Sao Paulo, S.P. CEP 04034 Brazil

Books, pamphlets, games, and slides on self-help and community health care. In, Portuguese.

UNICEF Communication Section
P.O. Box 1187
Kathmandu, Nepal

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)
40, Institutional Area, South of IIT
New Delhi 110016 India

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
187 Grant Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02173 USA

Flipcharts, books, and slides on women's health care.

World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

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
5116 North Portland
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112 USA

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.