Friday, September 30, 2005
Community Health
Where There is No Doctor
WEB / BOOK Reference, Sept. 2005 (B&A Products) - Where There Is No Doctor is more than a book on first aid. It covers a wide range of things that affect the health of the villager -- from diarrhea to tuberculosis, from helpful and harmful home remedies to the cautious use of certain modern medicines. Special importance is placed on cleanliness, a healthy diet, and vaccinations. The book also covers in detail both childbirth and family planning. Not only does it help readers realize what they can do for themselves, but it helps them recognize which problems need the attention of experienced health worker. This new revised edition includes information about some additional health problems -- AIDS, dengue, complications from abortion, drug addiction, among many others.
Order: http://www.baproducts.com/nodoctor.htm.
Download: http://www.healthwrights.org/books/WTINDonline.htm.
Where There is No Doctor
WEB / BOOK Reference, Sept. 2005 (B&A Products) - Where There Is No Doctor is more than a book on first aid. It covers a wide range of things that affect the health of the villager -- from diarrhea to tuberculosis, from helpful and harmful home remedies to the cautious use of certain modern medicines. Special importance is placed on cleanliness, a healthy diet, and vaccinations. The book also covers in detail both childbirth and family planning. Not only does it help readers realize what they can do for themselves, but it helps them recognize which problems need the attention of experienced health worker. This new revised edition includes information about some additional health problems -- AIDS, dengue, complications from abortion, drug addiction, among many others.
Order: http://www.baproducts.com/nodoctor.htm.
Download: http://www.healthwrights.org/books/WTINDonline.htm.
Exemplary Resources
Small Scale Wind Power
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (ITDG) - Practical Action is piloting small scale wind power schemes in Peru and Sri Lanka. These are designed to charge the vehicle batteries which many households use as a power source for lighting. Currently, families may have to travel long distances and wait long times for their batteries to be recharged at commercial centres. Small scale wind generators have the potential to stimulate village-level charging enterprises for either community or private use. In Sri Lanka, around 300 000 vehicle batteries are currently in household use, so the potential demand is vast. As with micro-hydro, ITDGPractical Action aims to develop and promote local industries capable of manufacturing and maintaining the generators. Papers: http://www.practicalaction.org/?id=small_scale_wind_power.
Small Scale Wind Power
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (ITDG) - Practical Action is piloting small scale wind power schemes in Peru and Sri Lanka. These are designed to charge the vehicle batteries which many households use as a power source for lighting. Currently, families may have to travel long distances and wait long times for their batteries to be recharged at commercial centres. Small scale wind generators have the potential to stimulate village-level charging enterprises for either community or private use. In Sri Lanka, around 300 000 vehicle batteries are currently in household use, so the potential demand is vast. As with micro-hydro, ITDGPractical Action aims to develop and promote local industries capable of manufacturing and maintaining the generators. Papers: http://www.practicalaction.org/?id=small_scale_wind_power.
AT / Cooking / Heat
Boiling Point Online Journal
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (ITDG) - Boiling Point is an ITDG Practical Action journal for those working with stoves and household energy. It deals with technical, social, financial and environmental issues and aims to improve the quality of life for poor communities living in the developing world. The editor, Liz Bates, would welcome your comments about the journal. E-mail on Boiling.Point@itdg.org.uk. Six issues of Boiling Point from the last five years are currently available to download as PDF files. It is hoped to add further back issues in the future. http://www.practicalaction.org/?id=boiling_point.
Boiling Point Online Journal
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (ITDG) - Boiling Point is an ITDG Practical Action journal for those working with stoves and household energy. It deals with technical, social, financial and environmental issues and aims to improve the quality of life for poor communities living in the developing world. The editor, Liz Bates, would welcome your comments about the journal. E-mail on Boiling.Point@itdg.org.uk. Six issues of Boiling Point from the last five years are currently available to download as PDF files. It is hoped to add further back issues in the future. http://www.practicalaction.org/?id=boiling_point.
Global Village / Appropriate Technology
Rainwater Harvesting Technologies
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (DTU) - Roofwater or rainwater harvesting (RWH) is an option which has been adopted in many areas of the world where conventional water supply systems have failed to meet the needs of the people. It is a technique which has been used since antiquity and examples of RWH systems can be found in all the great civilisations throughout history. The technology can be as simple or as complex as required. http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/DTU/rwh/index.html.
Rainwater Harvesting Technologies
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (DTU) - Roofwater or rainwater harvesting (RWH) is an option which has been adopted in many areas of the world where conventional water supply systems have failed to meet the needs of the people. It is a technique which has been used since antiquity and examples of RWH systems can be found in all the great civilisations throughout history. The technology can be as simple or as complex as required. http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/DTU/rwh/index.html.
Future / Energy
Low Energy-Living Fiction
WEB Reference, Sep. 2005 (PCI) - Novel available as e-book. http://www.postcarbon.org/node/1084.
Low Energy-Living Fiction
WEB Reference, Sep. 2005 (PCI) - Novel available as e-book. http://www.postcarbon.org/node/1084.
Appropriate Technology
ITDG Taking Practical Action
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (Practical Action) - The Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) – aims to demonstrate and advocate the sustainable use of technology to reduce poverty in developing countries. Many of their technologies may soon be useful in industrialized countries. From this July, ITDG will be known as Practical Action. The name will be changing, but the organisation and the values that we represent remain – practical answers to poverty, sustainable solutions and people focused. http://www.itdg.org/?id=technical_briefs.
ITDG Taking Practical Action
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (Practical Action) - The Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) – aims to demonstrate and advocate the sustainable use of technology to reduce poverty in developing countries. Many of their technologies may soon be useful in industrialized countries. From this July, ITDG will be known as Practical Action. The name will be changing, but the organisation and the values that we represent remain – practical answers to poverty, sustainable solutions and people focused. http://www.itdg.org/?id=technical_briefs.
Success Stories / Health
Self-reliant Health Care
Project Piaxtla in western Mexico is a rural primary health care program run entirely by local villagers. http://www.healthwrights.org/projects/piaxtla/piaxtla.htm.
Self-reliant Health Care
Project Piaxtla in western Mexico is a rural primary health care program run entirely by local villagers. http://www.healthwrights.org/projects/piaxtla/piaxtla.htm.
Leadership Education / Field Medicine
Wilderness Medicine Practice Guidelines
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (WMS) - Learn the wilderness medical management techniques approved and recommended by the Wilderness Medical Society. These practical guidelines are the official statement of the Society on the best methods of handling wilderness-related trauma, illness, or environmental injury. Prepared by thirty-two contributors and reviewed by two panels of the Society and fifteen international experts, this book discusses the treatment goals for twenty-four basic subjects. The Practice Guidelines is a must for any one dealing with emergency planning, first-aid procedures, or care of persons heading into remote areas for sport or employment. http://www.wms.org/pubs/practice.html.
Wilderness Medicine Practice Guidelines
WEB Reference, Sept. 2005 (WMS) - Learn the wilderness medical management techniques approved and recommended by the Wilderness Medical Society. These practical guidelines are the official statement of the Society on the best methods of handling wilderness-related trauma, illness, or environmental injury. Prepared by thirty-two contributors and reviewed by two panels of the Society and fifteen international experts, this book discusses the treatment goals for twenty-four basic subjects. The Practice Guidelines is a must for any one dealing with emergency planning, first-aid procedures, or care of persons heading into remote areas for sport or employment. http://www.wms.org/pubs/practice.html.
Helpful Resources
Emergency Response / Survival Planning
The Survival Center
http://www.zyz.com/survivalcenter/.
Development Center for Appropriate Technology, AZ Links
http://www.dcat.net/resources/links.php.
Emergency Response / Survival Planning
The Survival Center
http://www.zyz.com/survivalcenter/.
Development Center for Appropriate Technology, AZ Links
http://www.dcat.net/resources/links.php.
