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Where Women Have No Doctor A health guide for women

When a woman is healthy, she has the energy and strength to do her daily work, to fulfill the many roles she has in her family and community, and to build satisfying relationships with others. In other words, a woman’s health affects every area of her life. Yet for many years, ‘women’s health care’ has meant little more than maternal health services such as care during pregnancy and bir th. These services are necessary, but they address women’s needs only as mothers. | Where Women Have No Doctor A health guide for women A. August Burns Ronnie Lovich Jane Maxwell Katharine Shapiro Editor Sandy Niemann Assistant editor Elena Metcalf Hesperian jjifclj Califomia USA 10 1 w WWW. nesperLan.org Hesperian Foundation and the contributors to Where Women Have No Doctor do not assume liability for the use of information contained in this book. This book should not replace properly supervised hands-on training. If you are not sure what to do in an emergency situation you should try to get advice and help from people with more experience or from local medical and health authorities. This health guide can be improved with your help. We would like to hear about your experiences traditions and practices. If you are a midwife traditional birth attendant village health worker doctor nurse mother or anyone with suggestions for ways to make this book better meet the needs of your community please write to us. Thank you for your help. Copyright 1997 2010 by Hesperian Foundation. All rights reserved. Hesperian Foundation encourages others to copy reproduce or adapt to meet local needs any or all parts of this book including the illustrations provided the parts reproduced are distributed free or at cost not for profit. Any organization or person who wishes to copy reproduce or adapt any or all parts of this book for commercial purposes must obtain permission from Hesperian Foundation. Before beginning any translation or adaptation of this book or its contents please contact Hesperian Foundation for suggestions about adapting the information in the book updates on the information provided and to avoid the duplication of efforts. Please send Hesperian Foundation a copy of any materials in which text or illustrations from this book have been used. First edition June 1997 Fourth printing April 2010 Printed in the USA on 10 recycled paper by Worldcolor ISBN 978-0-942364-25-5 paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Library of Congress has