Mujer y Salud Mental by Heve E Otero
Through this pamphlet, EIRENE hope to contribute to a better understanding of women’s role in the family and in society. Their central objective is the pastoral and therapeutic care of the family. There is much useful data from a survey of the concerns and stresses on people today. This pamphlet will supply information and ideas to those working in development and family care.
The pamphlet can be ordered from:
EIRENE-Internacional, Casilla 17-08-85-72, Quito, Ecuador.
Practical Pharmacy
This newsletter aims to ensure the safe and rational use of medicines worldwide by increasing knowledge and understanding of medicine management and supply, and by improving work practices. It is written for health workers who may have no specific training in this area of work but whose job involves medicine management and supply in developing countries. It is particularly useful to pharmacy assistants, pharmacists, nurses and doctors.
Topics covered to date include…
- essential medicines – selection, ordering and storage
- the dispensing process
- medicine donations
- use of disinfectants
- medicine interactions.
The newsletter is free and produced four times a year. In order to keep costs as low as possible, organisations are encouraged to photocopy the newsletter and to distribute it to their health workers. Please write to:
Georgina Stock, Heatherlands, Lydford, Oakhampton, Devon, EX20 4AU, UK.
Where Women have no Doctor
This important new book, aimed at women living in places where there is no doctor, or where healthcare is not affordable, is written in similar manner to Where there is no Doctor.
The book uses simple language and has hundreds of illustrations to help women and girls from different cultures learn how to identify common medical problems and ways of treating them. The medical information is combined with an understanding of how poverty, discrimination and culture affect women’s health and their access to health care. Subjects covered include sexual and mental health, diseases, pregnancy and childbirth, nutrition, disabilities and injuries. There is also a special section giving a list of common medicines with much information on their use and possible side effects.
This excellent book has nearly 600 pages and can be ordered from:
TALC, PO Box 49, St Albans, Herts, AL1 5TX, UK.
Agromisa Advisory Service
Agromisa produce the Agrodok series, now with over 20 of these practical books on all aspects of agriculture and food production and preservation. Many of the titles are also available in French, Spanish and Portuguese. Each book costs US $8, though copies may be available free of charge to organisations working in Africa, the Pacific and Caribbean countries.
Agromisa also provide a free advisory service, sharing knowledge and advice on small-scale sustainable agriculture. Give all possible details about your problem.
For information about the Agrodok series or to use the advisory service, write to:
Agromisa, PO Box 41, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Cassava Mosaic Virus Disease in Uganda
Due to its drought resistance, cassava is an important food crop in much of subsaharan Africa and elsewhere. Cassava mosaic virus is found in all the main cassava growing areas. However, in Uganda it has devastated the whole country, with many areas unable to grow cassava at all. This detailed study describes the disease and methods of control and management.
Single copies are available free of charge to educational groups, research institutions and nonprofit-making organisations in countries receiving British Aid. Write, using your official title to:
NRI, Central Avenue, Chatham, Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK.
Dossier de développement Agripromo
This magazine (previously called Agripromo) is produced by Inades- Formation (African Institute for Social and Economic Development). It is produced as a folder of about 80 pages presented as separate booklets of 4–8 pages each. Each issue will be on one theme: the first will be on food security in Africa and the world; the second will be on natural resources.
Inades-Formation’s objective is the training of adults in rural areas for social and economic advancement. They run a correspondence course in agriculture and hold training sessions. They also run courses in development and management of small projects. To receive the review or for any further details, write to:
Inades-Formation, 08 BP 8, Abidjan 08, Ivory Coast, Africa.
Tel: +225 44 31 28 Fax: +225 44 06 41
De la santé animale au développement de l’homme:
Leçons de l’expérience de Vétérinaires Sans Frontières by Michel Bouy and Jo Casnière
This is No 51 in the series Dossiers pour un Débat and is a fascinating account of the work of vets sent out as volunteers to eleven different countries over the past 13 years. Many social, political and medical issues are raised in the varied situations experienced. VSF’s first programme was one of emergency aid in 1984 in Mali, during a drought. Other programmes, for example in Central America, have followed after political disturbance, in the form of long-term development. VSF works in support of local organisations and national NGOs, and sees training as an essential part of their work. This book (171 pages) would be of interest to NGO workers, and contains many useful points, but would only be suitable for very fluent readers. It is available only in French.
Can be ordered from from
Charles-Léopold Mayer, La librairie FPH, 38 rue Saint-Sabin, 75011 Paris, France. Tel/Fax: +331 4806 4886
E-mail: lib@fph.fr
Paraveterinary Medicine: an information kit on low-cost health care practices
This information kit, written in simple language, is intended for paravets working in isolated rural communities. It is not designed to be a complete veterinary medicine reference material. Rather, it aims to present the health problems most commonly encountered by backyard animal raisers and some of the most effective, but simple treatments. The kit is divided into four separate booklets on the following topics…
- Restraining animals and simple treatments
- Basic husbandry practices and veterinary care
- Disease control and treatment
- Herbal medicine for animals.
The kit is available from the address below.
Ethnoveterinary Medicine in Asia: an information kit on traditional animal health care
Local veterinary practices have been carefully recorded for more than a decade now, but the results have been little used in development work. Little written information exists on practices that work and can be recommended. Without such guidelines, development professionals hesitate to encourage ethnoveterinary practices into their projects.
This information kit aims to overcome this limitation. The booklets provide a ready-to-use package on ethnoveterinary remedies and practices that can be recommended and used in villages. The kit is divided into four booklets, three on particular species: ruminants, swine and poultry and the fourth on general topics.
Both information kits are available from…
Publications, YC James Yen Center, IIRR, Silang, Cavite 4118, Philippines. Fax: +632 522 2494 E-mail: IIRR@phil.gn.apc.org
Facilitadores de cambio by Frances O’Gorman Published by MAP Internacional
This book provides a useful tool for those who wish to examine critically their own role in bringing change to the lives of the poor. Using a series of case studies, the author makes a timely and challenging analysis of the causes of poverty. This is followed by a critical examination of the role played by change agents, providing the reader with a broad framework within which they can then evaluate their own experiences.
The book, which is a translation of the original Portuguese, contains some terms and diagrams which may be difficult to understand. It costs US $9 for a single copy but the cost for multiple copies is much cheaper. It is available only in Spanish and Portuguese.
Isla Española, MAP America Latina, Casilla 17-08-8184, Quito, Ecuador. Fax: +5932 435500 Reviewed by Andrew Leake
¿Pueden los campesinos ser banqueros?
The first part of the book gives the history of rural credit since 1926, covering the experience of many different countries. Then there is a section on the different forms of credit institution: different kinds of banks, cooperatives, the Grameen Bank, support for small businesses and the role of the State. The third section is concerned with practical advice on setting up an agricultural credit bank, constructing a savings and credit network, strengthening present systems and evaluation.
The book (available only in Spanish) was written by members of IRAM, professional consultants in rural development with 40 years’ experience worldwide. It can be ordered from:
SIMAS (Servicio de Informacion Mesoamericano Sobre Agricultura Sostenible), Apartado Postal A-136, Managua, Nicaragua. Telefax: +505 222 56 52
E-mail: simas@nicarao.apc.org