Donde no hay doctor para mujeres: Un manual para la salud de la mujer
(The Spanish edition of Where Women Have No Doctor)
by A. August Burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell, and Katharine Shapiro
596 pages, paperback, illustrated. Copyright 1999, revised 2012. Spanish ed. ISBN: 0-942364-31-6

Donde no hay doctor para mujeres combines self-help medical information with the tools for organizing against the poverty and discrimination that impacts women's health and access to medical care. The first community-based health book for women, Donde no hay doctor para mujeres serves as an essential resource for any woman or girl wanting to improve her health. Developed with the help of community- based groups, village health workers, and women's health experts in more than 30 countries, the manual gives treatment information for many health problems that affect only women, or affect women differently from men.

The new 2012 printing of Donde no hay doctor para mujeres reflects 13 years of changes in global health realities. This major update to the classic Spanish women's health manual includes:

• early detection of stomach and cervical cancer
• updated information on TB, and the treatment of TB
• updated treatment of sexually transmitted infections
• new and updated information on HIV, including living positively with HIV, and new WHO guidelines on antiretroviral therapy and preventing parent-to-child transmission
• the latest on a wide range of family planning methods
• care for women who have had abortions
• up-to-date statistics and resources
• new and updated medicines recommendations throughout the book

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• If you are interested in women's health, you may also find interest in A Book for Midwives, our lay manual for traditional birth attendants worldwide. Additionally, please see our women's health newsletter, the Women's Health Exchange Women's Health Exchange.

What people have to say about Donde no hay doctor para mujeres:

"The value of any reference book depends as much on the accessibility as on the extent of the information it contains. The editors of this book have made considerable efforts to set out the wealth of information it imparts as clear and as 'user-friendly' a manner as possible.... There is no space in a brief review to comment on the many individual subjects touched on (in Where Women Have No Doctor.) ...This book is commended by (Hesperian) as 'an essential resource'. For once such a claim is not exaggerated. It is also available at a remarkably low price!"
-Pat Pridmore, Institute of Education, London

"Where Women Have No Doctor covers a broad range of issues that concern women's health. ...The text includes clear, reliable, useful, and updated information, and encourages collaboration among women and participation at the community level. Aware of the limited schooling and reading capacity of many in this audience, the authors succeed in providing high-quality, updated information in an easily accessible format. The quality of its contents make this book one of the best (if not THE best) guides for women's health at the community level. The main contributions of this book include its approach, which reflects the most advanced concepts in the field of women's health."
-Ana Langer, Director, Population Council Regional Office for Latin America and the Carribean