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Pressroom Archive
2007
A Health Handbook for Women With Disabilities mentioned in ARROWs for Change Asian- Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women
(Malaysia)
September, 2007
A stand-alone article about how "A Health Handbook for Women With Disabilities" confronts the social stigma of disability.
Paraplegia News (PN) Magazine
August, 2007
Hesperian's Executive Director quoted while at the US Social Forum.
Partners in Health Website
August 13, 2007
Hesperian books mentioned In Praise of "Sicko" But What Happens After the U.S. Healthcare System Dies? in OpEdNews
Spring 2007
Where There Is No Doctor mentioned in "Kindness of Strangers is Not a Healthy Policy"
Colby Magazine
October 18, 2006
Where There Is No Doctor mentioned in "Wayward and Fanciful: The high road" Minda News (Philippines)
October 15, 2006
Where There Is No Doctor mentioned in "Firing Line: The Ailing Health Services"
Daily News (Tanzania)
July 2006
USAID funds translation and dissemination of Hesperian's book, - Helping Children Who Are Deaf throughout Vietnam
Thanh Nien News
Viet Nam News
July 24, 2006
Grassroots Healthcare Meets the Digital Era - Where There Is No Doctor now available online !
July 14, 2006
HIV/AIDS Radio Lifeline in the Congo: HIV, Health and Your Community being read over the airwaves in Africa in 4 languages
July 5, 2006
“My Experience: Community Approaches” - Hesperian's Executive Director recalls using Where There Is No Doctor in El Salvador during the 80's.
One World Perspectives
May 16, 2006
Where There Is No Doctor, Where There Is No Dentist and Peak Oil “Post Petroleum Woman”
Energy Bulletin
May 10, 2006
“A Notable Book for Midwives” press release acknowledging A Book for Midwives winning 2006 award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives
March 2006
An excellent review of A Book for Midwives
Education for Health
January 13, 2006
Marycare, Inc. uses Where Women Have No Doctor in Haiti
"Marycare brings medical help to Haitian village"
National Catholic Reporter
December 9, 2005
Hesperian's executive director, Sarah Shannon, talks of Hesperian's impact worldwide
Up Front Radio/New America Media
November 27, 2005
Book Aid International uses Where There Is No Doctor in their global work
"Without education there's no hope. Without books there's no education"
The Observer/Guardian UK
November 13, 2005
Where There Is No Doctor promoted for a long, healthy life
"Want a long, healthy life? It's up to you"
Daily Nation (Kenya)
October, 2005
Where There Is No Doctor used by Karing for Kids in Nepal
Everest News (Nepal)
September 22, 2005
Where There Is No Clean Water — press release on Hesperian's materials used in post-Katrina efforts
Autumn 2005
A Book for Midwives review featured in Midwifery Today
Midwifery Today
August 17, 2005
Hesperian board member Anne Firth Murray nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
"Local women nominated for Nobel"
Palo Alto Weekly
July/August 2005
A Book for Midwives reviewed by Ina May Gaskin
Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
July 22, 2005
Hesperian feature article
"Berkeley: Foundation gets health books to far corners of the world where there are no doctors"
San Francisco Chronicle
July 10, 2005
Where Women Have No Doctor used by American Friends Service Committee in Haiti
"Eulogy for a Heroine"
Z Magazine
May 4, 2005
Excellent review of Helping Children Who Are Deaf by Gallaudet University
"The Deaf Child in the Family and Community: A Worldwide Perspective"
Oxford University Press
