WHO is pleased to announce that its bestseller "Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children. Guidelines for the Management of Common Illnesses with Limited Resources" is now available in French.
The English and French editions can be purchased through the WHO e-commerce site at http://www.who.int/bookorders which also provides information on other ordering procedures. As you will see below a special price is made available to customers in developing countries; quantity discounts are granted for orders of 30 and more copies. Please contact the sales office for information on the quantity discounts: email bookorders@who.int
or fax +41 22 791 4857
The electronic version of the English, French and Portuguese editions can be freely downloaded from the following site :
http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/publications/CHILD_HEALTH/PB.htm
Institutions located in developing countries which cannot afford to purchase this essential manual may obtain a free copy in sending a detailed request to the Coordinator CAH/CIS, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Please note that copies cannot be provided free of charge on an individual basis.
Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children. Guidelines for the Management of Common Illnesses with Limited Resources
ISBN-13 9789241546706
ISBN-10 9241546700
Order Number 11500626
Price CHF 20.00 / US$ 18.00 Developing countries: CHF
10.00
2005 - 398 pages
Summary
This pocket book is for use by doctors, senior nurses and other senior health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first referral level in developing countries. It presents up-to-date clinical guidelines which are based on a review of the available published evidence by subject experts, for both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals where basic laboratory facilities and essential drugs and inexpensive medicines are available. In some settings, these guidelines can be used in the larger health centres where a small number of sick children can be admitted for inpatient care.
"... Wow! If only this book had been around when we were overseas in Namibia and India respectively... This book is an absolute must for anyone caring for children in areas of the world where resources are limited. If you are toying with the idea of doing a stint overseas (VSO/RCPCH fellowship, for example) this book will convince you to go. It speaks of an overwhelmingly "real" medicine where children are properly sick, where your skills count, where you can change lives, and where the banding of your rota pales into insignificance... It comes highly recommended."
-- Archives of Disease in Childhood
CHILD2015 profile: Maryvonne Grisetti works at the World Health Organization headquarters, Geneva. She is currently in charge of free dissemination of WHO priced publications worldwide but especially aimed at developing countries. grisettim AT who.int