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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780942364156 Edition: Revised ISBN: 0942364155 Label: Hesperian Foundation Languages:EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished Manufacturer: Hesperian Foundation Number Of Pages: 446 Publication Date: May 25, 1992 Publisher: Hesperian Foundation Studio: Hesperian Foundation
Product Description: Hesperian's classic manual, Where There Is No Doctor, is perhaps the most widely-used health care manual in the world.
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 mutrition, infection and disease prevention, and diagnostic techniques as primary ways to prevent and treat health problems.
This 2010 reprint features updated medicines, plus information on tuberculosis and HIV, including guidelines for anti-retroviral therapy and preventing HIV in babies.