[afro-nets] Hesperian's New Book Release

[Claudio Schuftan <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

Hesperian's New Book Release
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The Hesperian Foundation, publishers of "Where There Is No Doc-
tor", proudly announce our newest release:

A Book for Midwives - Care for pregnancy, birth, and women's
health
by Susan Klein, Suellen Miller, and Fiona Thomson

Midwives are essential caregivers in the worldwide struggle for
maternal and child health. Appropriate information and training
empower midwives and other health workers to provide the care
needed to reduce dangers in childbirth. To help in this effort,
Hesperian has released a new edition of A Book for Midwives --
reorganized and extensively revised to better support care dur-
ing labor and management of obstetric emergencies, and expanded
to include lifesaving reproductive health information.

This beautiful, easy-to-use book includes updated information on
HIV/AIDS in pregnancy and birth, breastfeeding, preventing in-
fection, and family planning, and new chapters on pelvic exams,
IUD insertion and removal, helping a woman when a pregnancy ends
early, and manual vacuum aspiration. Heavily illustrated,
clearly written and developed with the participation of dozens
of community-based midwives, midwifery trainers, and medical
specialists, A Book for Midwives is equally useful in a rural
village or urban clinic, as a training manual for students or as
a reference for an experienced midwife.

"The Hesperian Foundation has again created a clearly written
and culturally sensitive book [for] healthcare providers
throughout the world... an excellent resource providing accurate
technical information." - Kathy Herschderfer, Secretary General,
International Confederation of Midwives

"Comprehensive... beautifully written and illustrated... our
best tool so far for preventing unnecessary deaths." - Ina May
Gaskin, author of Spiritual Midwifery

View and download sample chapters here:
http://www.hesperian.org/midwives_chapters.htm

To order, please contact us at: +1-888-729-1796, or
mailto:bookorders@hesperian.org You can also order this book
online at http://www.hesperian.org

Thank you for your support!

Tawnia Queen
International Publications Associate
Hesperian Foundation
Publishing for Community Health and Empowerment
1919 Addison Street, #304 Berkeley, CA 94704 USA
Tel: +1-510-845-1447, ext. 219
Fax: +1-510-845-9141
mailto:tawnia@hesperian.org
http://www.hesperian.org