DOWNLOAD BOOKS, MANUALS, ARTICLES & REPORTS ONLINE ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, TROPICAL DISEASES, DEVELOPMENT, ETC.

You can download books, manuals, articles and reports on PHC, tropical diseases, and development issues available from AIFO. Unless specified, all materials are in PDF (Acrobat) format and you will require an Acrobat reader to read them.

 

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• Proceedings of South Asian conference on Traditional Medicine held in Bangalore (India) in December 2006 (added in June 2007)

• Poverty Health and Development, edited by S. Deepak, published as volume 17 of International Health Cooperation Papers by AIFO - Bologna (Italy), 2003 (you can download the full volume or select individual chapters for download)

• African Dreams - a series of articles on health related issues from Africa for a joint initiative of AIFO and People's Health Movement in 2004-05

• Sexually transmitted diseases in the tropics, edited by G. Carosi, P. Fiallo, A. Matteelli & E. Nunzi, published as volume 16 of International Health Cooperation papers by AIFO/Italy, 2000 (different chapters of the book for download)

• Handbook of Malaria Infection in the Tropics, edited by G. Carosi & F. Castelli, published as volume 15 of International Health Cooperation Papers by AIFO/Italy, 1997 (Different chapters of the book for download)

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BOOKS, MANUALS, ARTICLES & REPORTS ONLINE

• Initiatives for promotion of Ayush intervention in the Public Health System of the country - stakeholders workshop report, FRHLT and CHC, India, February 2008 (AYUSH - Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy), PDF format 1 MB (added October 2008)

• Manual de Terapia Natural para tratamento de feridas, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil (Portuguese) PDF, April 2008, 83 KB

• Access to health services for Palestinian people- case studies of five patients in critical conditions who died while waiting to exit the Gaza strip, World Health Organisation West Bank & Gaza, April 2008 (450 KB)

• Produzindo una mudança - comunicar às comunidades sobre temas sensìveis como sexualidade e violência doméstica, Texto, edição e disposição: Dr. Sunil Deepak, Atividades Unidade Científica, AIFO, 2006 (4 MB)

• Bringing a change: Communicating to communities on sensitive themes like sexuality and domestic violence, proceedings of an international workshop, edited by Dr Sunil Deepak, AIFO, Italy, 2006

• Development of a questionnaire assessing Buruli ulcer induced functional limitation, Stienstra Y. et al, in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease in West Africa, edited by Y. Stienstra, 2006

• People's charter on HIV and AIDS, People's Health Movement, July 2004 (PDF format, 136 KB)

• Making health care work for the poor - efficiency in health delivery system, Nance Upham, 2004 (PDF, 465 KB)

• Right to health - from Alma Ata to Doha, Dr Sunil Deepak, European Social Forum, Paris, 2003

• Leadership and health equity - some reflections, Dr. Halfdan Mahler, El Salvador, February 2003 (48 KB)

• The present and the future of primary health care in Iran, Global PHM Secretariat, Bangalore, 2003 (61 KB)

• People's Health Movement (PHM) at the second World Health Assembly, Dr Sunil Deepak, editorial for Connect, ILEP Bulletin, 2002

• Concerns & criticisms in humanitarian support in disasters, Dr Sunil Deepak, 1999 (Lecture at international course on disaster management organised jointly by University of Rome and WHO, San Marino, 1999)

• Revitalisation of Primary Health Care, David Sanders, Background document for 20th anniversary of Alma Ata conference, 27-28 November, 1998 (328 KB)

• Declaration of Alma Ata, International conference on primary health care, Alma Ata, USSR, 1978 (33 KB)