Resources for Pakistan
Devastating rains and flooding have covered nearly one fifth of Pakistan. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, "I have visited many natural disasters, but I have never seen anything like this." With roughly 20 million people displaced and homeless, 1.7 million acres of cropland lost (with agricultural and livestock losses estimated at almost 3 billion dollars), the disaster is just starting to unfold. Nearly one million people have already been exposed to cholera and communicable water borne diseases.
Lifesaving Hesperian materials on cholera, nutrition, and basic primary care are available in Urdu, Sindhi, and English for free download. Here's how you can help:
- Forward these materials to anyone who may be able to use or further distribute them;
- Contact us to translate more materials into these languages;
- Donate to Hesperian to support more translations of urgently needed health materials;
- Donate to organizations working in Pakistan.
In order to prevent or minimize natural disasters like this one, we must look toward the future. We urge you to pressure your employer and government to take meaningful steps to reverse global warming, and adopt a more sustainable lifestyle yourself.
In addition, we ask you to support the suspension of foreign debt repayment by Pakistan to international financial institutions. Currently Pakistan pays about US $3 billion on debt servicing every year on liabilities of $54 billion, and debt relief will help Pakistan recover more quickly from this disaster. As Pakistan faces "the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history," we can all show our solidarity by contributing in some way.
Updated Titles Available Now
We are excited to announce the release of several updated Hesperian titles. Each time we reprint a title, we go through an extensive revision process, adding new information and updating recommendations to reflect ever-changing international guidelines and realities.
NEW FOR AUGUST 2010:
WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR Our best-selling title, we last updated Doctor in 2009. This new reprint features updated medicines and information on tuberculosis and HIV, including guidelines for anti-retroviral therapy and preventing HIV in babies.
APPRENDIENDO A PROMOVER LA SALUD The Spanish edition of Helping Health Workers Learn and the companion teaching tool to, DONDE NO HAY DOCTOR, this manual helps communities implement the people-centered health education model advocated by our books. Last updated in the '90s, this revision also includes a completely updated Resources section and is available for download for the first time.ALSO UPDATED IN 2010
WHERE WOMEN HAVE NO DOCTOR Last updated in 2006, this printing of Where Women includes new and updated material on cervical cancer screening and treatment, HIV and anti-retroviral therapy, family planning, and sexually transmitted infections.
DONDE NO HAY DOCTOR The Spanish edition of WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR: Donde was last updated in 2007. This new reprint includes updated recommendations on childhood vaccinations, treating serious injuries, malaria medicines, asthma, scabies and head lice, yaws, and sexually transmitted infections.
This is the time to update your library with these newly revised reprints, with the most up–to-date medical information available.
