Pamene palibe dokotala || Umoyo Trust

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Pamene Palibe Dokotala - Buku loyenera pa umoyo

by David Werner with Carol Thuman and Jane Maxwell
Chichewa translation: Alick K. Bwanali
Proofreading and review: Silvester Ng’oma, Fraction Dzinjalamala
Editing: Tom Mvula, Katarina Korenkova
Cover Photography: Arjen Van de Merwe
456 pages, illustrated
First ed. 2007, second print: September 2008
Chichewa ed. ISBN: 978-99908-87-17-4

Umoyo Trust first published Hesperian health care manual in Chichewa is developed for community-based health workers, clinicians, and others involved in primary health care delivery and health promotion programs in rural areas of Malawi.

Pamene Palibe Dokotala provides practical, heavily illustrated and easily understood information on how to diagnose, treat, and prevent common diseases. The book includes information on nutrition, infection and disease prevention, mother and child care, HIV/AIDS and family planning among others.

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CONTENTS:

Words to the village health workers
Chapter 1: Home cures and popular beliefs
Chapter 2: Sicknesses that are often confused
Chapter 3: How to examine a sick person
Chapter 4: How to take care of a sick person
Chapter 5: Healing without medicines
Chapter 6: Right and wrong use of modern medicines
Chapter 7: Antibiotics: What they are and how to use them
Chapter 8: How to measure and give medicine
Chapter 9: Instructions and precautions for injections
Chapter 10: First Aid
Chapter 11: Nutrition: What to eat to be healthy
Chapter 12: Prevention: How to avoid many sicknesses
Chapter 13: Some very common sicknesses
Chapter 14: Serious illnesses that need special medical attention
Chapter 15: Skin problems
Chapter 16: The Eyes
Chapter 17: The Teeth, Gums, and mouth
Chapter 18: The urinary system and the genitals
Chapter 19: Information for mothers and midwifes
Chapter 20: Family planning – haven the number of children you want
Chapter 21: Health and sickness of children
Chapter 22: Health and sickness of older people
Chapter 23: The medicine kit
The green pages: The uses, dosage and precautions for medicines