Where There is No Doctor Handbook

A Village Healthcare Handbook

Hesperian's classic manual, Where There Is No Doctor, is perhaps the most widely-used health care manual for health workers, clinicians, and others involved in primary health care delivery and health promotion programs around the world. 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 injuries and illnesses. Special attention is focused on nutrition, infection and disease prevention, and diagnostic techniques as primary ways to prevent and treat health problems.

What’s new in the 2013 edition of Where There Is No Doctor?

● Revised first aid material
● New sections on burns, headaches, poisoning, and allergic reactions
● Updated tuberculosis treatment recommendations based on the latest World Health Organization guidelines
● Updated recommendations for preventing HIV in babies (preventing mother to child transmission, or PMTCT)

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