E-drug: Essential drugs in village setting (cont)
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A new book published by VSO is
Diagnosis and Treatment: A training manual for primary health care workers.
By Keith and Ginny Birrell - VSO/Macmillan, 2000. It costs around
�15 including postage.
The introduction explains how it is linked to the essential drugs
concept and the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
principles.
In the forward, Jonathan Quick, Director EDM, WHO says 'this manual
will help primary health care workers use essential drugs to
effectively combat the ill health that continues to hinder human
well-being and development in the world's poorest countries'.
email for VSO
yvonne.dasilva@vso.org.uk
I am particularly impressed by the training ideas in this book.
Beverley Snell
Beverley Snell
International Health Unit, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research
P O Box 254 Fairfield Vic Australia 3078
Telephone 613 9282 2115 / 9282 2275
Fax 613 9482 3123
Time zone: 11 hours ahead of GMT.
email <bev@burnet.edu.au>
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