A Book for Midwives: care for pregnancy, birth and women’s health
by Susan Klein, Suellen Miller and Fiona Thomson
The Hesperian Foundation has released a new, revised edition of A Book for Midwives. It aims to support care of women during labour. It gives information on managing obstetric emergencies, and is expanded to include lifesaving reproductive health information. Midwives are essential caregivers in the worldwide struggle for maternal and child health. Appropriate information and training empower midwives and other health workers to provide the care needed to reduce dangers in childbirth.
This easy-to-use book also includes information on HIV and AIDS in pregnancy and birth, breastfeeding, family planning, and preventing infection. It was developed with the participation of dozens of community-based midwives and medical specialists. It is equally useful in a rural or urban clinic, as a training manual or as a reference book for midwives.
Sample chapters can be viewed at: www.hesperian.org/midwives_chapters.htm
The book costs US $25 and can be ordered by e-mailing: bookorders@hesperian.org
Riches of the Forest: fruits, remedies and handicrafts
by C López, P Shanley and AC Fantini
There are two editions of this book – one for Latin America and one for Africa. Both contain a collection of stories and case studies on unusual forest plants, each with different uses. There are chapters detailing plants with useful fruits, leaves, seeds, roots, bark and medicinal products. They are well illustrated and reinforce the value of traditional knowledge.
The books are produced by CIFOR – the Centre for International Forestry Research. They are available in English and Spanish and cost US $15.
The book can be ordered from:
Jalan CIFOR Situ Gede, Sindang Barang Bogor Barat 16680 Indonesia E-mail: cifor@cgiar.org. Website: www.cifor.cgiar.org
TALC CD Roms
Issue seven of the e-TALC CD Rom is now available. This series of CD Roms contains up-to-date health information for healthcare workers from a number of different sources, including UNICEF, WHO, the Hesperian Foundation, Child-to-Child, and many NGOs. Footsteps is one of the newsletters included. The CD Rom is produced two or three times a year and is available free of charge to those working in health. Please contact:
TALC PO Box 49, St Albans AL1 5TX UK E-mail: info@talcuk.org
KiSwahili PILLARS publication
A new KiSwahili translation of the PILLARS guide on Responding more effectively to HIV and AIDS has just been produced by Trans World Radio, Nairobi. Please contact them directly if you would like to order more copies. Each copy costs Ksh 350/= with discounts available for large orders. You can also pay using dollars or sterling. Please contact:
Maria Kanini Trans World Radio PO Box 21514, Nairobi 00505 Kenya
E-mail: mkanini@yahoo.com
Translations of this guide will shortly be available in other languages, including Amharic, Chinese, Hindi and Kinyarwanda. Please see www.tearfund.org/tilz for up-to-date information.
ROOTS Child participation
This book in the ROOTS series for organisational development looks at the importance of including children in project planning, implementation and evaluation. It is full of ideas and tools to help organisations integrate child participation into their planning within a project cycle framework.
ROOTS Project cycle management
Project cycle management (PCM) is the term given to the process of planning and managing projects, programmes and organisations. This ROOTS book describes the project cycle and the use of planning tools such as needs and capacity assessments and stakeholder analysis. It shows clearly how to develop a logical framework.
ROOTS HIV and AIDS: taking action
This new ROOTS book looks at how Christian development organisations can respond to the challenges brought by HIV and AIDS, such as reducing their impact, preventing the spread of HIV and addressing HIV and AIDS issues within organisations.
The ROOTS books cost £10 (US $18, €14.50) each, and are available on this website in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Hard copies can be ordered from:
Tearfund Resources Development PO Box 200 Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 4WQ UK E-mail: roots@tearfund.org
Setting up Community Health Programmes – in Hindi
VHAI (Voluntary Health Association of India) have published an English version of Setting up Community Health Programmes at low cost and are about to produce a Hindi version. This excellent book encourages community ownership of healthcare. It contains 21 wellillustrated and practical chapters designed to equip and empower community health workers, doctors and health managers. The book costs 200 Rupees including postage and packing within India.
Voluntary Health Association of India B-40, Qutab Institutional Area New Delhi – 110016 India E-mail: vhai@vsnl.com Website: www.vhai.org