For an introduction to the discipline and an overview of activities at different levels of care, see our manual Principles and Practice of PHC (Section 4) See our section on Behaviour Change, and our manual Health Education for Behaviour change “Helping Health Workers Learn”, available from Hesperian Health Guides, provides hundreds of methods, aids, and learning strategies…
For an overview of activities at different levels of care, see our manual Principles and Practice of PHC (Section 6. Look also at 5.3, Diarrhoea; 5.6, Common Local Diseases related to water; 5.8. Infections prevented by better water & sanitation). Look through WHO’s publications on water, sanitation and health WHO offer a Safe health-care waste management…
See our manual Principles and Practice of PHC (Section 7) Useful for carers is our manual Interviewing & Counselling at the Grass Roots WHPCA has resources focused on supporting the development of hospice and palliative care. Of special interest: ‘Palliative care toolkit: improving care in resource poor settings’, in various languages ‘Advocacy Toolkit’ WHO has a…
For activities at the different levels of care, see our manual Principles and Practice of PHC (Section 5.2) Major websites on HIV/AIDS are at WHO, Aids Alliance, UNAIDS and UNFPA AVERT has a comprehensive section on various kinds of HIV programming including prevention The Communication Initiative Network has a dedicated HIV/AIDS Network Useful for carers is our…
For an outline of actvities plus a discussion, see our manual Principles and Practice of PHC (Sections 1.3. & 2.2). If you want to know more about FGM, see our manual Facts about Female Genital Mutilation (13pp PDF), also in Arabic and Somali. “A Book for Midwives ” – Care for pregnancy, birth, and women’s health. This…
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To consider activities at different levels of care, see our manual The Principles & Practice of Primary Health Care (Section 5.2). A good starting point is Eldis, with links to over 5,000 documents and organisations related to health. Hesperian Health Guides provide essential information, with illustrations. Key publications: “Where There is No Doctor” – The most…