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WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Chapter 3: The Medical System. The Medical System. How to Get Better Care. If You Need to Go to the Hospital. Working for Change. Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies. A Woman’s Reproductive System. A Man’s Reproductive System. How a Woman’s Body Changes. WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? The unequal status of men and women is the primary cause of gender-based violence. This inequality includes beliefs that women should be economically dependent on men, and that women and children are a man’s possessions and under his control. Contents. 1 Women share stories, tears, and anger. 2 The difference between causes and"triggers" of
CHEMICALS USED IN MINING Toxic chemicals used in mining include: cyanide, sulfuric acid, and solvents for separating minerals from ore. nitric acid. ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (“ANFO”) used in blasting tunnels. heavy metals such as mercury, uranium, and lead. gasoline, diesel fuel, and exhaust fumes from vehicles and equipment. acetylene for welding andsoldering.
TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING Treatment. If you or someone else gets pesticides on the body: Quickly remove any clothing the pesticides spilled onto. Wash the pesticides off the skin as soon as possible with soap and cool water. If it got into the eye, rinse the eye with clean water for 15 minutes. IfECOLOGICAL TOILETS
Ecological Toilets. Ecological toilets turn feces and urine into soil conditioner and fertilizer. This improves people’s health and the environment by preventing the spread of germs and turning harmful waste into a valuable resource. Ecological toilets also protect and conserve water because no water is needed for their use, except forwashing.
PREVENTION AND EARLY MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTURES put a pillow between legs to hold knees apart. Lying and sleeping straight helps prevent contractures. Also use pillows for side- lying to keep a good position. Lying and sleeping with the legs in a twisted or bent position causes contractures. Letting feet EMERGENCY CARE FOR PROBLEMS AFTER MISCARRIAGE OR ABORTIONSEE MORE ONEN.HESPERIAN.ORG
WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR “Health care is not only everyone’s right, but everyone’s responsibility.” — Where There Is No Doctor Considered by the World Health Organization to be the most widely-used health care manual in the world, this classic title is for health workers, clinicians, health educators, midwives, community leaders, and others involved in primary health care delivery and health promotion around LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES HOME - HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESBOOKS AND RESOURCESGET INVOLVEDABOUT USBOOKSTOREDONATERESOURCES BY LANGUAGE Action for Health. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in their struggles to realize the right to health. We develop easy to read materials that are produced in many languages. All are available through our bookstore and the new Hesperian DigitalCommons.
WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Chapter 3: The Medical System. The Medical System. How to Get Better Care. If You Need to Go to the Hospital. Working for Change. Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies. A Woman’s Reproductive System. A Man’s Reproductive System. How a Woman’s Body Changes. WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? The unequal status of men and women is the primary cause of gender-based violence. This inequality includes beliefs that women should be economically dependent on men, and that women and children are a man’s possessions and under his control. Contents. 1 Women share stories, tears, and anger. 2 The difference between causes and"triggers" of
CHEMICALS USED IN MINING Toxic chemicals used in mining include: cyanide, sulfuric acid, and solvents for separating minerals from ore. nitric acid. ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (“ANFO”) used in blasting tunnels. heavy metals such as mercury, uranium, and lead. gasoline, diesel fuel, and exhaust fumes from vehicles and equipment. acetylene for welding andsoldering.
TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING Treatment. If you or someone else gets pesticides on the body: Quickly remove any clothing the pesticides spilled onto. Wash the pesticides off the skin as soon as possible with soap and cool water. If it got into the eye, rinse the eye with clean water for 15 minutes. IfECOLOGICAL TOILETS
Ecological Toilets. Ecological toilets turn feces and urine into soil conditioner and fertilizer. This improves people’s health and the environment by preventing the spread of germs and turning harmful waste into a valuable resource. Ecological toilets also protect and conserve water because no water is needed for their use, except forwashing.
PREVENTION AND EARLY MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTURES put a pillow between legs to hold knees apart. Lying and sleeping straight helps prevent contractures. Also use pillows for side- lying to keep a good position. Lying and sleeping with the legs in a twisted or bent position causes contractures. Letting feet EMERGENCY CARE FOR PROBLEMS AFTER MISCARRIAGE OR ABORTIONSEE MORE ONEN.HESPERIAN.ORG
WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR “Health care is not only everyone’s right, but everyone’s responsibility.” — Where There Is No Doctor Considered by the World Health Organization to be the most widely-used health care manual in the world, this classic title is for health workers, clinicians, health educators, midwives, community leaders, and others involved in primary health care delivery and health promotion around LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF PESTICIDESA BOOK FOR MIDWIVES
Chapter 1: Word to midwives. Learning is lifelong. Share what you know. Respectful and compassionate care. Work to improve women’s health. Work for the joy of it. Chapter 2: Treating health problems. Finding the causes of health problems. Finding the best treatment. HOW FACTORY WORK CAN HARM YOUR HEALTH poor ventilation. spoiled food, unsafe water, and lack of access to clean bathrooms. Some health problems are caused by "social dangers," the unfair and unjust social conditions inside and outside the factory. Some social dangers are: low wages. working shifts FORESTS AND LIVELIHOOD Forests and Livelihood. Forests are an important source of livelihood. Some governments and international organizations say the greatest damage to forests is caused by poor people who cut down trees to farm or earn their livelihood in other ways. But when people do not have enough food, income, or other basic needs, the need to survive becomes SUSTAINABLE USE OF FORESTS Collecting and selling non-timber forest products rather than selling wood; is a way to care for the forest while also earning money. Paying ranchers to keep grazing animals out of the forest, and paying farmers not to cut trees on part of their land, can support healthy forests and prevent conflicts.; Preserving wildlife corridors (areas of connected forest or wild land) lets wildlife live in ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO STAND AND WALK Activities to help your child learn many kinds of movement. Hand and finger skills. Contents. 1 To help your child learn to stand. 2 To help your child learn to walk. 3 To help your child learn to walk up and down stairs. 4 To help your child use his arms for guidance. 5 To help your child learn to use a stick (cane) SAFE AND UNSAFE ABORTION Avoid unsafe abortion. Try to prevent unwanted pregnancy before it happens. Do not put sharp objects like sticks, wire, or plastic tubing into the vagina and womb. These can tear the womb and cause dangerous bleeding and infection. Do not put herbs or plants in the vagina orwomb.
SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY Use a digging fork or shovel to loosen the soil at the bottom of the ditch and add some compost or manure to it. Dig a second ditch across the bed. Put the soil from the second ditch into the first ditch. Loosen the soil at the bottom, and spread compost or GETTING RID OF TRASH SAFELY Getting to Zero Waste. Waste and the Law. Whatever cannot be reused, recycled, or composted should be gotten rid of safely. Some people say burning trash is best. Others prefer to bury it, to avoid the smoke produced by burning trash. The fact is, both of these ways of disposing of trash have problems. In places where paper and cardboardcannot
LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES Signs of long-term illness from pesticides. Pesticides and other toxics can cause many long-term (chronic) illnesses. Some signs of chronic illness are: weight loss, constant weakness, constant or bloody cough, wounds that do not heal, no feeling in the hands or feet, poor balance, loss of vision, very fast or very slow heartbeat, sudden mood changes, confusion, memory loss, and trouble WHY STIS ARE A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR WOMEN Why STIs Are a Serious Problem for Women. Men and women can both get STIs. But a woman gets infected from a man more easily than a man gets infected from a woman. This is because a man’s penis goes into some part of a woman’s body—such as her vagina, mouth, or anus—during sex. Without a condom, the man’s semen, which may carry GETTING GOOD CARE AT A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL Getting good care at a clinic or hospital. Workers often have a hard time getting good health care. Hospitals and clinics may charge a lot for services or medicines, be difficult to get to, be crowded or not open when you can go, or be unfriendly to migrant workers or women. Illness due to work creates additional problems, since many health WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? The unequal status of men and women is the primary cause of gender-based violence. This inequality includes beliefs that women should be economically dependent on men, and that women and children are a man’s possessions and under his control. Contents. 1 Women share stories, tears, and anger. 2 The difference between causes and"triggers" of
WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Chapter 3: The Medical System. The Medical System. How to Get Better Care. If You Need to Go to the Hospital. Working for Change. Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies. A Woman’s Reproductive System. A Man’s Reproductive System. How a Woman’s Body Changes.A BOOK FOR MIDWIVES
Chapter 1: Word to midwives. Learning is lifelong. Share what you know. Respectful and compassionate care. Work to improve women’s health. Work for the joy of it. Chapter 2: Treating health problems. Finding the causes of health problems. Finding the best treatment. SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY Use a digging fork or shovel to loosen the soil at the bottom of the ditch and add some compost or manure to it. Dig a second ditch across the bed. Put the soil from the second ditch into the first ditch. Loosen the soil at the bottom, and spread compost or MIDWIVES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH: INTRODUCTION Many midwives spend more time with the women they care for than a doctor or clinic worker would. This helps midwives to better understand women’s needs, and to see danger signs. Most midwives are women. Many women feel more comfortable talking to a woman health worker. Midwives charge lower fees than most doctors or hospitals —valuing
HOW FACTORY WORK CAN HARM YOUR HEALTH poor ventilation. spoiled food, unsafe water, and lack of access to clean bathrooms. Some health problems are caused by "social dangers," the unfair and unjust social conditions inside and outside the factory. Some social dangers are: low wages. working shiftsECOLOGICAL TOILETS
Ecological Toilets. Ecological toilets turn feces and urine into soil conditioner and fertilizer. This improves people’s health and the environment by preventing the spread of germs and turning harmful waste into a valuable resource. Ecological toilets also protect and conserve water because no water is needed for their use, except forwashing.
PREVENTION AND EARLY MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTURES put a pillow between legs to hold knees apart. Lying and sleeping straight helps prevent contractures. Also use pillows for side- lying to keep a good position. Lying and sleeping with the legs in a twisted or bent position causes contractures. Letting feet A LIVING WAGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT A living wage is a human right. The minimum wage should be enough money to cover basic needs — a place to live, water, and food for a worker and her family. But people need to do more than just survive. We need a decent home, enough healthy and nutritious food for our families, and to earn enough to pay our monthly bills as well as savefor
GETTING GOOD CARE AT A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL Getting good care at a clinic or hospital. Workers often have a hard time getting good health care. Hospitals and clinics may charge a lot for services or medicines, be difficult to get to, be crowded or not open when you can go, or be unfriendly to migrant workers or women. Illness due to work creates additional problems, since many health WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? The unequal status of men and women is the primary cause of gender-based violence. This inequality includes beliefs that women should be economically dependent on men, and that women and children are a man’s possessions and under his control. Contents. 1 Women share stories, tears, and anger. 2 The difference between causes and"triggers" of
WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Chapter 3: The Medical System. The Medical System. How to Get Better Care. If You Need to Go to the Hospital. Working for Change. Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies. A Woman’s Reproductive System. A Man’s Reproductive System. How a Woman’s Body Changes.A BOOK FOR MIDWIVES
Chapter 1: Word to midwives. Learning is lifelong. Share what you know. Respectful and compassionate care. Work to improve women’s health. Work for the joy of it. Chapter 2: Treating health problems. Finding the causes of health problems. Finding the best treatment. SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY Use a digging fork or shovel to loosen the soil at the bottom of the ditch and add some compost or manure to it. Dig a second ditch across the bed. Put the soil from the second ditch into the first ditch. Loosen the soil at the bottom, and spread compost or MIDWIVES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH: INTRODUCTION Many midwives spend more time with the women they care for than a doctor or clinic worker would. This helps midwives to better understand women’s needs, and to see danger signs. Most midwives are women. Many women feel more comfortable talking to a woman health worker. Midwives charge lower fees than most doctors or hospitals —valuing
HOW FACTORY WORK CAN HARM YOUR HEALTH poor ventilation. spoiled food, unsafe water, and lack of access to clean bathrooms. Some health problems are caused by "social dangers," the unfair and unjust social conditions inside and outside the factory. Some social dangers are: low wages. working shiftsECOLOGICAL TOILETS
Ecological Toilets. Ecological toilets turn feces and urine into soil conditioner and fertilizer. This improves people’s health and the environment by preventing the spread of germs and turning harmful waste into a valuable resource. Ecological toilets also protect and conserve water because no water is needed for their use, except forwashing.
PREVENTION AND EARLY MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTURES put a pillow between legs to hold knees apart. Lying and sleeping straight helps prevent contractures. Also use pillows for side- lying to keep a good position. Lying and sleeping with the legs in a twisted or bent position causes contractures. Letting feet A LIVING WAGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT A living wage is a human right. The minimum wage should be enough money to cover basic needs — a place to live, water, and food for a worker and her family. But people need to do more than just survive. We need a decent home, enough healthy and nutritious food for our families, and to earn enough to pay our monthly bills as well as savefor
A COMMUNITY GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Chapter 1: Promoting Community Environmental Health. Health promoters stop cholera. Chapter 2: Understanding and Mobilizing for Community Health. Mobilizing for Environmental Health. Activities for Learning and Mobilizing. A Guide to Which Activity to Use When. Chapter 3: Protecting Natural Resources for All. SOLVE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROBLEMS AT WORK Enclose the danger, remove it, or protect the worker from it. Install enclosures, barriers, separate work areas, machine guards, ventilation, and whatever else is needed. Change the organization of work. Reduce the amount of time individual workersTEACHING MATERIALS
1 3 basic methods for making teaching materials. 1.1 Copying a pattern. 1.2 Making a slide into a poster. 1.3 Making models out of papier maché. 2 Models of a pelvis, womb, and vagina. 2.1 A paper pelvis. 2.2 A womb and vagina made from cloth. 2.2.1 The womb. 2.2.2Using the model.
PREVENTION AND EARLY MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTURES Contractures can often be prevented by (1) positioning, and (2) range-of-motion exercises. Positioning. If a child is likely to develop contractures or has begun to develop them, try to position her to stretch the affected joints. HARMFUL EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE lack of motivation or lack of a sense of self-worth. mental health problems, like anxiety and problems eating and sleeping. As a way to cope with the violence, women may begin harmful or reckless behavior—such as using drugs or alcohol, or having many sex partners. serious pain and injuries: broken bones, burns, black eyes,cuts, bruises, as
A LIVING WAGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT A living wage is a human right. The minimum wage should be enough money to cover basic needs — a place to live, water, and food for a worker and her family. But people need to do more than just survive. We need a decent home, enough healthy and nutritious food for our families, and to earn enough to pay our monthly bills as well as savefor
ACTIVITIES FOR CREEPING AND CRAWLING Let her ‘ride’ your knee. Play ‘horsey’. Slowly move your knee up and down and sideways so that she shifts her weight from side to side. Or put the child over a bucket or log. To help him bear weight with his elbows straight, firmly push down on his shoulders andrelease.
DISCRIMINATION IN THE FACTORY Discrimination is everybody's problem. It is no coincidence that most workers in export factories are young women. Because society teaches women to obey and serve men, bosses think they will accept the low salaries and harsh conditions of the factories. They also know that many young women were denied education, so factory work is one of the POLLUTION FROM SHOE FACTORIES Pollution from shoe factories. Most factories haul their waste materials off to be disposed of in dumps. When their waste contains chemicals, this can result in the contamination of the ground and groundwater. Where it is prohibited to dump chemicals in ordinary landfills, unethical companies try to save money by pouring wastessuch as dyes
LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES Signs of long-term illness from pesticides. Pesticides and other toxics can cause many long-term (chronic) illnesses. Some signs of chronic illness are: weight loss, constant weakness, constant or bloody cough, wounds that do not heal, no feeling in the hands or feet, poor balance, loss of vision, very fast or very slow heartbeat, sudden mood changes, confusion, memory loss, and trouble HOME - HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESBOOKS AND RESOURCESGET INVOLVEDABOUT USBOOKSTOREDONATERESOURCES BY LANGUAGE Knowledge for Action. Action for Health. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Hesperian Health Guides Where Women Have No Doctor A health guide forwomen
TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING When pesticides get on the skin. Most pesticide poisonings are from pesticides being absorbed through the skin. This can happen when they spill while being moved, when they splash during mixing, during spraying, or when you touch crops that have just been sprayed. WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? After doing the activity Role play: Gender-based violence affects everyone, ask the actors to put aside their props and costumes and rejoin the group.Having the actors step out of their roles before the discussion helps avoid labeling a participant as a villain or victim.PROTECTED WELLS
There are many kinds of wells for drawing up groundwater. The simplest is a hand-dug water hole, sometimes called a scoophole. The most costly kind of well, called a tube well, is a narrow pipe going deep into the ground with a pump at the top to draw water out. SAFE AND UNSAFE ABORTION Out of 100,000 women getting a safe abortion, only 1 will die. But out of 100,000 women having unsafe abortions, between 100 and 1000 willdie.
SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY To grow as much as possible in a small area, or to plant on hard soils or soils with little organic matter, double digging is a good method. The edges of the planting bed should be just wide enough across so that 2 people can kneel at the edges of the bed and touch hands in themiddle.
ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO STAND AND WALK Hold him in a standing position on your lap. Bounce him up and down a little so he gets used to feeling where his feet are. Also move him gently from side to side so he learns to shift his weight. HARMFUL EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ABUSE HOME - HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESBOOKS AND RESOURCESGET INVOLVEDABOUT USBOOKSTOREDONATERESOURCES BY LANGUAGE Knowledge for Action. Action for Health. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Hesperian Health Guides Where Women Have No Doctor A health guide forwomen
TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING When pesticides get on the skin. Most pesticide poisonings are from pesticides being absorbed through the skin. This can happen when they spill while being moved, when they splash during mixing, during spraying, or when you touch crops that have just been sprayed. WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? After doing the activity Role play: Gender-based violence affects everyone, ask the actors to put aside their props and costumes and rejoin the group.Having the actors step out of their roles before the discussion helps avoid labeling a participant as a villain or victim.PROTECTED WELLS
There are many kinds of wells for drawing up groundwater. The simplest is a hand-dug water hole, sometimes called a scoophole. The most costly kind of well, called a tube well, is a narrow pipe going deep into the ground with a pump at the top to draw water out. SAFE AND UNSAFE ABORTION Out of 100,000 women getting a safe abortion, only 1 will die. But out of 100,000 women having unsafe abortions, between 100 and 1000 willdie.
SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY To grow as much as possible in a small area, or to plant on hard soils or soils with little organic matter, double digging is a good method. The edges of the planting bed should be just wide enough across so that 2 people can kneel at the edges of the bed and touch hands in themiddle.
ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO STAND AND WALK Hold him in a standing position on your lap. Bounce him up and down a little so he gets used to feeling where his feet are. Also move him gently from side to side so he learns to shift his weight. HARMFUL EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ABUSE SEX AND GENDER ROLES Each person is born with either a girl’s body or a boy’s body. These physical differences determine a person’s sex.. A person’s gender role refers to the way a community defines what it is to be a woman or a man. Each community expects women and men to look, think, feel, and act in certain ways, simply because they are women or men. SOLVE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROBLEMS AT WORK This book can help you identify and correct problems in your workplace, and to become a worker health promoter (see Chapter 2: Learning and teaching about health at work).Because everyone in the factory is exposed to problems, everyone has a stake in improvingconditions.
FORESTS AND LIVELIHOOD Protecting forests and livelihood. In the forests of Andra Pradesh, India, villagers clear patches of forest to grow crops. But in the months when there is little food from their farm plots, many people’s livelihoods depend on things that grow in the forest.ECOLOGICAL TOILETS
1 Turning waste into fertilizer; 2 Compost toilets and urine diverting dry toilets. 2.1 In compost toilets:; 2.2 In dry toilets:. 2.2.1 Dry toilets help local economy; 3 Simple compost toilet for tree planting; 4 Build a simple toilet for tree planting. 4.1 To use and maintain this toilet; 5 2 pit compost toilet. 5.1 To build a 2 pit compost toilet; 5.2 To maintain a 2 pit compost toilet A COMMUNITY GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Hesperian Health Guides A Community Guide to Environmental Health. HealthWiki > Community Guide to Environmental Health. Books andResources
RESOURCES IN BURMESE Welcome to the Burmese resources page! Here you will find PDF downloads of our community health guides in Burmese, as well as information about how to order print copies from our translation partners. It is prohibited to sell or distribute Continue reading → A LIVING WAGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights says everyone has the right to a standard of living that allows for their health and well-being, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, and social services.. The ILO Minimum Wage Fixing Convention (No. 131) says governments must: . set a minimum wage for all workers, considering the needs of workers and DIFFERENT WAYS OF HAVING SEX There are many different ways people have sex and share pleasure together. People often think of sex as only between a man and a woman, and only with a penis in a vagina. PREVENTION AND EARLY MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTURES Contractures can often be prevented by (1) positioning, and (2) range-of-motion exercises. Positioning. If a child is likely to develop contractures or has begun to develop them, try to position her to stretch the affected joints. HOW FACTORY WORK CAN HARM YOUR HEALTH There are often many dangers to workers’ health in a factory. In this book, the word "danger" means a condition in the workplace (or the community) that can harm you. HOME - HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESBOOKS AND RESOURCESGET INVOLVEDABOUT USBOOKSTOREDONATERESOURCES BY LANGUAGE Action for Health. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in their struggles to realize the right to health. We develop easy to read materials that are produced in many languages. All are available through our bookstore and the new Hesperian DigitalCommons.
TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING Treatment. If you or someone else gets pesticides on the body: Quickly remove any clothing the pesticides spilled onto. Wash the pesticides off the skin as soon as possible with soap and cool water. If it got into the eye, rinse the eye with clean water for 15 minutes. If WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Chapter 3: The Medical System. The Medical System. How to Get Better Care. If You Need to Go to the Hospital. Working for Change. Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies. A Woman’s Reproductive System. A Man’s Reproductive System. How a Woman’s Body Changes. WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? The unequal status of men and women is the primary cause of gender-based violence. This inequality includes beliefs that women should be economically dependent on men, and that women and children are a man’s possessions and under his control. Contents. 1 Women share stories, tears, and anger. 2 The difference between causes and"triggers" of
ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO STAND AND WALK Activities to help your child learn many kinds of movement. Hand and finger skills. Contents. 1 To help your child learn to stand. 2 To help your child learn to walk. 3 To help your child learn to walk up and down stairs. 4 To help your child use his arms for guidance. 5 To help your child learn to use a stick (cane)PROTECTED WELLS
After an hour, remove the bricks and the tin mold and shape the protective collar. For the collar to give the best protection, a tin cover should fit snugly over it. Let the slab harden overnight and cure for at least 5 days, keeping it wet the entire time. Before putting the slab on a well, test its strength. SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY Use a digging fork or shovel to loosen the soil at the bottom of the ditch and add some compost or manure to it. Dig a second ditch across the bed. Put the soil from the second ditch into the first ditch. Loosen the soil at the bottom, and spread compost or HARMFUL EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE CHEMICALS USED IN MINING Toxic chemicals used in mining include: cyanide, sulfuric acid, and solvents for separating minerals from ore. nitric acid. ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (“ANFO”) used in blasting tunnels. heavy metals such as mercury, uranium, and lead. gasoline, diesel fuel, and exhaust fumes from vehicles and equipment. acetylene for welding andsoldering.
SAFE AND UNSAFE ABORTION Avoid unsafe abortion. Try to prevent unwanted pregnancy before it happens. Do not put sharp objects like sticks, wire, or plastic tubing into the vagina and womb. These can tear the womb and cause dangerous bleeding and infection. Do not put herbs or plants in the vagina orwomb.
HOME - HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESBOOKS AND RESOURCESGET INVOLVEDABOUT USBOOKSTOREDONATERESOURCES BY LANGUAGE Action for Health. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in their struggles to realize the right to health. We develop easy to read materials that are produced in many languages. All are available through our bookstore and the new Hesperian DigitalCommons.
TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING Treatment. If you or someone else gets pesticides on the body: Quickly remove any clothing the pesticides spilled onto. Wash the pesticides off the skin as soon as possible with soap and cool water. If it got into the eye, rinse the eye with clean water for 15 minutes. If WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Chapter 3: The Medical System. The Medical System. How to Get Better Care. If You Need to Go to the Hospital. Working for Change. Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies. A Woman’s Reproductive System. A Man’s Reproductive System. How a Woman’s Body Changes. WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? The unequal status of men and women is the primary cause of gender-based violence. This inequality includes beliefs that women should be economically dependent on men, and that women and children are a man’s possessions and under his control. Contents. 1 Women share stories, tears, and anger. 2 The difference between causes and"triggers" of
ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO STAND AND WALK Activities to help your child learn many kinds of movement. Hand and finger skills. Contents. 1 To help your child learn to stand. 2 To help your child learn to walk. 3 To help your child learn to walk up and down stairs. 4 To help your child use his arms for guidance. 5 To help your child learn to use a stick (cane)PROTECTED WELLS
After an hour, remove the bricks and the tin mold and shape the protective collar. For the collar to give the best protection, a tin cover should fit snugly over it. Let the slab harden overnight and cure for at least 5 days, keeping it wet the entire time. Before putting the slab on a well, test its strength. SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY Use a digging fork or shovel to loosen the soil at the bottom of the ditch and add some compost or manure to it. Dig a second ditch across the bed. Put the soil from the second ditch into the first ditch. Loosen the soil at the bottom, and spread compost or HARMFUL EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE CHEMICALS USED IN MINING Toxic chemicals used in mining include: cyanide, sulfuric acid, and solvents for separating minerals from ore. nitric acid. ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (“ANFO”) used in blasting tunnels. heavy metals such as mercury, uranium, and lead. gasoline, diesel fuel, and exhaust fumes from vehicles and equipment. acetylene for welding andsoldering.
SAFE AND UNSAFE ABORTION Avoid unsafe abortion. Try to prevent unwanted pregnancy before it happens. Do not put sharp objects like sticks, wire, or plastic tubing into the vagina and womb. These can tear the womb and cause dangerous bleeding and infection. Do not put herbs or plants in the vagina orwomb.
A COMMUNITY GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Chapter 1: Promoting Community Environmental Health. Health promoters stop cholera. Chapter 2: Understanding and Mobilizing for Community Health. Mobilizing for Environmental Health. Activities for Learning and Mobilizing. A Guide to Which Activity to Use When. Chapter 3: Protecting Natural Resources for All. SOLVE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROBLEMS AT WORK Enclose the danger, remove it, or protect the worker from it. Install enclosures, barriers, separate work areas, machine guards, ventilation, and whatever else is needed. Change the organization of work. Reduce the amount of time individual workers SEX AND GENDER ROLES Sex and Gender Roles. Each person is born with either a girl’s body or a boy’s body. These physical differences determine a person’s sex. A person’s gender role refers to the way a community defines what it is to be a woman or a man. Each community expects women and men to look, think, feel, and act in certain ways, simply because they RESOURCES IN BURMESE translated by Friends of Burma, Inc. and Myanmar Christian Health Workers/CDC. This basic dental manual uses straightforward language and step-by-step instructions to discuss preventive care of teeth and gums, diagnosing and treating common dental problems, and includes a special chapter on oral health and HIV. CONTACT. FORESTS AND LIVELIHOOD Forests and Livelihood. Forests are an important source of livelihood. Some governments and international organizations say the greatest damage to forests is caused by poor people who cut down trees to farm or earn their livelihood in other ways. But when people do not have enough food, income, or other basic needs, the need to survive becomes DIFFERENT WAYS OF HAVING SEX Touching a person's face, hands, back, and neck are also good ways of being sexual. Having oral sex (when one partner—or both—puts his or her mouth on the other's genitals and licks or sucks) may be pleasurable. Touching and rubbing each other's genitals (mutual masturbation) may be another way to give and get sexual enjoyment. HOW FACTORY WORK CAN HARM YOUR HEALTH poor ventilation. spoiled food, unsafe water, and lack of access to clean bathrooms. Some health problems are caused by "social dangers," the unfair and unjust social conditions inside and outside the factory. Some social dangers are: low wages. working shifts A LIVING WAGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT A living wage is a human right. The minimum wage should be enough money to cover basic needs — a place to live, water, and food for a worker and her family. But people need to do more than just survive. We need a decent home, enough healthy and nutritious food for our families, and to earn enough to pay our monthly bills as well as savefor
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Ecological Toilets. Ecological toilets turn feces and urine into soil conditioner and fertilizer. This improves people’s health and the environment by preventing the spread of germs and turning harmful waste into a valuable resource. Ecological toilets also protect and conserve water because no water is needed for their use, except forwashing.
PREVENTION AND EARLY MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTURES Contractures can often be prevented by (1) positioning, and (2) range-of-motion exercises. Positioning. If a child is likely to develop contractures or has begun to develop them, try to position her to stretch the affected joints. HOME - HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESBOOKS AND RESOURCESGET INVOLVEDABOUT USBOOKSTOREDONATERESOURCES BY LANGUAGE Action for Health. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in their struggles to realize the right to health. We develop easy to read materials that are produced in many languages. All are available through our bookstore and the new Hesperian DigitalCommons.
WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Chapter 3: The Medical System. The Medical System. How to Get Better Care. If You Need to Go to the Hospital. Working for Change. Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies. A Woman’s Reproductive System. A Man’s Reproductive System. How a Woman’s Body Changes. WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER AN ABORTION What to Expect after an Abortion. Normal monthly bleeding should start about 4 to 6 weeks after an abortion. But you can become pregnant again after 11 days. After an abortion, signs of pregnancy, like nausea and sore breasts, should disappear within a day. If it was a medical abortion, breasts may stay sore for a week or two. ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO STAND AND WALK Activities to help your child learn many kinds of movement. Hand and finger skills. Contents. 1 To help your child learn to stand. 2 To help your child learn to walk. 3 To help your child learn to walk up and down stairs. 4 To help your child use his arms for guidance. 5 To help your child learn to use a stick (cane) SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY Use a digging fork or shovel to loosen the soil at the bottom of the ditch and add some compost or manure to it. Dig a second ditch across the bed. Put the soil from the second ditch into the first ditch. Loosen the soil at the bottom, and spread compost or A LIVING WAGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT A living wage is a human right. The minimum wage should be enough money to cover basic needs — a place to live, water, and food for a worker and her family. But people need to do more than just survive. We need a decent home, enough healthy and nutritious food for our families, and to earn enough to pay our monthly bills as well as savefor
TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING Treatment. If you or someone else gets pesticides on the body: Quickly remove any clothing the pesticides spilled onto. Wash the pesticides off the skin as soon as possible with soap and cool water. If it got into the eye, rinse the eye with clean water for 15 minutes. If CHAPTER 42: RANGE-OF-MOTION AND OTHER EXERCISES Chapter 42: Range-of-Motion and Other Exercises. As much as possible, disabled children should get their exercise in ways that are useful and fun! All children need exercise to keep their bodies strong, flexible, and healthy. Most village children get all the exercise they need through ordinary daily activity: crawling, walking, running LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES KOTE FANM PA JWENN DOKTÈ An excellent companion to Health Actions for Women, Where Women Have No Doctor combines self-help medical information with an understanding of the ways poverty, discrimination and cultural beliefs limit women's health and access to care. This accessible, illustrated guide is a must-have resource for women and health care providers. HOME - HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESHESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDESBOOKS AND RESOURCESGET INVOLVEDABOUT USBOOKSTOREDONATERESOURCES BY LANGUAGE Action for Health. Hesperian Health Guides is a nonprofit health information and health education source that supports individuals and communities in their struggles to realize the right to health. We develop easy to read materials that are produced in many languages. All are available through our bookstore and the new Hesperian DigitalCommons.
WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR A HEALTH GUIDE FOR WOMEN Chapter 3: The Medical System. The Medical System. How to Get Better Care. If You Need to Go to the Hospital. Working for Change. Chapter 4: Understanding our Bodies. A Woman’s Reproductive System. A Man’s Reproductive System. How a Woman’s Body Changes. WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER AN ABORTION What to Expect after an Abortion. Normal monthly bleeding should start about 4 to 6 weeks after an abortion. But you can become pregnant again after 11 days. After an abortion, signs of pregnancy, like nausea and sore breasts, should disappear within a day. If it was a medical abortion, breasts may stay sore for a week or two. ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO STAND AND WALK Activities to help your child learn many kinds of movement. Hand and finger skills. Contents. 1 To help your child learn to stand. 2 To help your child learn to walk. 3 To help your child learn to walk up and down stairs. 4 To help your child use his arms for guidance. 5 To help your child learn to use a stick (cane) SUSTAINABLE FARMING IN THE CITY Use a digging fork or shovel to loosen the soil at the bottom of the ditch and add some compost or manure to it. Dig a second ditch across the bed. Put the soil from the second ditch into the first ditch. Loosen the soil at the bottom, and spread compost or A LIVING WAGE IS A HUMAN RIGHT A living wage is a human right. The minimum wage should be enough money to cover basic needs — a place to live, water, and food for a worker and her family. But people need to do more than just survive. We need a decent home, enough healthy and nutritious food for our families, and to earn enough to pay our monthly bills as well as savefor
TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING Treatment. If you or someone else gets pesticides on the body: Quickly remove any clothing the pesticides spilled onto. Wash the pesticides off the skin as soon as possible with soap and cool water. If it got into the eye, rinse the eye with clean water for 15 minutes. If CHAPTER 42: RANGE-OF-MOTION AND OTHER EXERCISES Chapter 42: Range-of-Motion and Other Exercises. As much as possible, disabled children should get their exercise in ways that are useful and fun! All children need exercise to keep their bodies strong, flexible, and healthy. Most village children get all the exercise they need through ordinary daily activity: crawling, walking, running LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES KOTE FANM PA JWENN DOKTÈ An excellent companion to Health Actions for Women, Where Women Have No Doctor combines self-help medical information with an understanding of the ways poverty, discrimination and cultural beliefs limit women's health and access to care. This accessible, illustrated guide is a must-have resource for women and health care providers. HESPERIAN HEALTH GUIDES The most widely-used manual for health workers, educators, and others involved in primary care and health promotion around the world. Newly updated in May, 2020 to include the latest information on antibiotics and other medicines, malaria treatment, HIV, pre-eclampsia, contraception, and more. Also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Kreyol, Urdu, and Bambara.PROTECTED WELLS
After an hour, remove the bricks and the tin mold and shape the protective collar. For the collar to give the best protection, a tin cover should fit snugly over it. Let the slab harden overnight and cure for at least 5 days, keeping it wet the entire time. Before putting the slab on a well, test its strength. CAUSES OF DISABILITY Poverty and malnutrition. Poverty is one of the biggest causes of disability. Poor people are most vulnerable to disability because they are forced to live and work in unsafe environments with poor sanitation, crowded living conditions, and with little access to education, clean water, or WHAT CAUSES GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE? The unequal status of men and women is the primary cause of gender-based violence. This inequality includes beliefs that women should be economically dependent on men, and that women and children are a man’s possessions and under his control. Contents. 1 Women share stories, tears, and anger. 2 The difference between causes and"triggers" of
CHEMICALS USED IN MINING Toxic chemicals used in mining include: cyanide, sulfuric acid, and solvents for separating minerals from ore. nitric acid. ammonium nitrate and fuel oil (“ANFO”) used in blasting tunnels. heavy metals such as mercury, uranium, and lead. gasoline, diesel fuel, and exhaust fumes from vehicles and equipment. acetylene for welding andsoldering.
SEX AND GENDER ROLES Sex and Gender Roles. Each person is born with either a girl’s body or a boy’s body. These physical differences determine a person’s sex. A person’s gender role refers to the way a community defines what it is to be a woman or a man. Each community expects women and men to look, think, feel, and act in certain ways, simply because they TREATMENT FOR PESTICIDE POISONING Treatment. If you or someone else gets pesticides on the body: Quickly remove any clothing the pesticides spilled onto. Wash the pesticides off the skin as soon as possible with soap and cool water. If it got into the eye, rinse the eye with clean water for 15 minutes. If CLEAN AND STERILIZE TOOLS Use boiling to sterilize metal tools, rubber or plastic equipment (like mucus bulbs), and cloth. After you wash and rinse your tools, cover with water. and boil for 20 minutes. Start counting the 20 minutes when the water starts boiling. Use sterilized tongs, chopsticks, or spoons to GETTING RID OF TRASH SAFELY Getting to Zero Waste. Waste and the Law. Whatever cannot be reused, recycled, or composted should be gotten rid of safely. Some people say burning trash is best. Others prefer to bury it, to avoid the smoke produced by burning trash. The fact is, both of these ways of disposing of trash have problems. In places where paper and cardboardcannot
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