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Hesperian partner ACOTCHI featured in Guatemalan newspaper Nuestro Diario.

Health for All Women

July 31, 2009

Since 2000, the Civil Association of Traditional Midwives of Chimaltenango (ACOTCHI in Spanish) in Guatemala has trained more than 100 midwives who work in rural areas. Beside training midwives, ACOTCHI also has a clinic where they offer free and low-cost medical help, making their services accessible to the majority of women in the region.

The central text ACOTCHI trainers use in their workshops is Hesperian’s Spanish title, Un libro para parteras (A Book for Midwives). The midwives also collaborated in the development and field testing of Un libro para parteras, and during that testing process they helped save many women and newborns in the region.

Pressroom Archive

July 2009
Curt Wands-Bourdoiseau, project manager for the New Where There Is No Doctor For The 21st Century, was interviewed on Helen Osborne's Health Literacy Podcast.

July 2009
A Community Guide to Environmental Health featured by the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance.

June 2009
Hesperian editor Jane Maxwell and Alicia Contreras discuss A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities on KPFA's "Cronicas de la Raza." Click here to listen to the Mp3 / iTunes podcast.

May 2009
The Story of Stuff was featured in a front page article in the May 11th New York Times, then picked up on blogs and news sites around the country, from the Huffington Post to ABC News to NPR.

April 2009
Jeff Conant, author of A Community Guide to Environmental Health, was interviewed on KPFA’s Cronicas de la Raza. Click here for the Mp3/ iTunes podcast and here for WinAmp, Windows Media Player, etc.

January 2009
Hesperian featured in WorldView Magazine for returned Peace Corps Volunteers.

November 26, 2008
"Grant Creates Wider Reach for Hesperian Foundation," by Kristin McFarland of The Berkeley Daily Planet.

July 2008
"A How- To Book for Everything From Water Filters to Fly Traps," The New York Times highlights A Community Guide To Environmental Health.

May 2008
Conversation with the authors of A Community Guide to Environmental Health Karolo Aparicio from KPFA speaks with Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem, authors of Hesperian's latest book

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

Spring 2006
Helping Children Who Are Deaf reviewed in Deaf Children’s Society of BC Newsletter

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