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Health promotion and education
Where there is no doctor: revised edition
This handbook has been written primarily for those who live far from medical centers, in places where there is no doctor. (Hesperian Foundation: 2007 reprint) More info >>
A community guide to environmental health
This guide provides comprehensive information on the importance of protecting the environment and details issues of water sanitation, natural resources, protection from pesticides and food security. (Hesperian: May 2008) More info >>
General skills-based health education tools
A UNESCO site providing a rich database of comprehensive education tools, guidelines, methodology and teaching materials addressing health education including, hygiene, nutrition and HIV. (UNESCO) More info >>
WHO Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion
This WHO Charter calls for action to achieve health for all by the year 2000 and beyond and was primarily a response to growing expectations for a new public health movement around the world and raises priorities which continue to be relevant to current health issues. (WHO: 1986) More info >>
The Change Project
Website of The Change Project, was funded by USAID between 1998-2005 with the aim of developing practical strategies and tools to improve the behavioural change impact of health programs in developing countries. More info >>
Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH)
(Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health) More info >>
Noncommunicable disease prevention & health promotion
This WHO site looks at health promotion strategies as a whole, applying the principles of, and strategies for, health promotion to a variety of population groups, risk factors, diseases, and in various settings. (World Health Organization) More info >>
Community-based strategies for breastfeeding promotion & support in developing countries
In every culture, the identification of and research into beliefs and practices that undermine optimal breastfeeding need to be addressed with behaviour-change strategies. (World Health Organization) More info >>
Promoting health with live performance
A manual providing practical information on how community theatre can be employed to entertain and educate audiences that have low literacy levels. (Nalamanda Charitable Trust: revised Sept 2008) More info >>
UNICEF Facts for Life series: hygiene
Facts for Life presents, in simple language, the most authoritative information about practical, effective and low-cost ways to protect children's lives and health. (UNICEF) More info >>