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Contents of the English version of the Blue Trunk Library

• 100 GENERAL MEDICINE AND NURSING
• 110 COMMUNITY HEALTH
• 120 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
• 130 HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
• 140 MATERNAL HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING (2 boxes)
• 150 CHILD HEALTH and DIARRHOEAL DISEASES
• 160 HOSPITALS CARE (2 boxes)
• 170 NUTRITION AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS
• 180 ESSENTIAL DRUGS
• 190 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND IMMUNIZATION
• 200 PARASITIC DISEASES AND VECTOR CONTROL
• 210 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND AIDS

BOX 100 : GENERAL MEDICINE AND NURSING

• Care of the critically ill patient in the tropics and sub-tropics. Watters D A K, Wilson I H, Leaver R J, Bagshawe A. Macmillan Press, 2004, 466p.
• Clinical guidelines: diagnostic and treatment manual for curative programs in hospitals and dispensaries: guidance for prescribing. Desenclos J C, Biberon P, Rigal J. Médecins sans Frontières. Paris. 7th revised edition, 2007, 342p.
• Nursing Care of the Sick. A guide for nurses working in small rural hospital. World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 1998, 221p.
• Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine. Eddleston M, Pierini S. Oxford University Press, 2008, 843p.
• Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Pocket Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk. World Health Organization, 2007, 30p. (Africa, Western Pacific or South-East Asia - according to the Region )
• Prevention of Recurrent Heart Attacks and strokes in Low and Middle Income Populations. Evidence-based Recommendations for Policy Makers and Health Professionals. World Health Organization, 2003, 106p.
• Primary Ear and Hearing Care Training Resource. Basic level - Trainer's manual - Student's Workbook - Advance level. World Health Organization, 2006, 346p.

BOX 110 : COMMUNITY HEALTH

• Analysis of wastewater for use in agriculture: a laboratory manual of parasitological and bacteriological techniques. Ayres Rachel M, Mara D Duncan. World Health Organization, 1996, 31p.
• Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programmes. Diagnosis and Treatment. World Health Organization, 2008, 48p.
• Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programmes. Policy and Advocacy. World Health Organization, 2008, 54p.
• Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programmes. Prevention World Health Organization, 2007, 54p.
• Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programmes. Early Detection. World Health Organization, 2007, 48p.
• Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programmes. Palliative Care. World Health Organization, 2007, 48p.
• Cancer Control: Knowledge into Action. WHO Guide for Effective Programmes. Planning. World Health Organization, 2006, 46p.
• Cervical Cancer Screening in Developing Countries. World Health Organization, 2002, 87p.
• Educational handbook for health personnel. Guilbert Jean Jacques. World Health Organization, 6th ed. rev. 1998.1v. var.pag. (WHO offset publication no. 35)
• Public health engineering in emergency situation. Delmas G, Courvallet M. Médecins sans Frontières, 1st ed. 1994. 1v. 57p + chapter II,III,IV.
• Public Health Significance of Urban Pests. Community Component of the IMCI Strategy. World Health Organization, 2nd ed. 1992, 582p.
• Setting up community health programmes: a practical manual for use in developing countries. Lankester T. Macmillan Press, 2007, 425p.
• Symptom Relief in Terminal Illness. World Health Organization, 2nd ed. 1998, 115p.
• Teaching for better learning: a guide for teachers of primary health care staff. Abbatt F R. World Health Organization, 2nd ed. 1992, 190p.

BOX 120 : PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

BOX 130 : HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Basic Epidemiology. Beaglehole R, Bonita R, Kjellström Tord. 2nd Edition. World Health Organization, 2006, 219p.
• Health economics for developing countries: a practical guide. Witter S, Ensor T, Jowett M. Macmillan Education, 2000, 296p.
• Oxford handbook of public health practice. Pencheon D (et al). Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. 2006, 689p.
• Strengthening health management in districts and provinces. Cassels Andrew, Janovsky Katja. World Health Organization, 1995, 74p.

BOX 140 : MATERNAL HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING (2 boxes)

• Adolescent Friendly Health Services. - an agenda for change. WHO/FCH/CAH/02.14. 2. World Health Organization, 2003, 44p.
• Clubfoot: Ponseti Management. Ponseti, Ignacio. 2nd ed. Global-HELP Organization, 2003, 33p.
• Family Planning. A global handbook for providers. World Health Organization, 2008, 372p.
• Comprehensive Cervical Cancer control. A guide to essential practice. World Health Organization, 2006, 272p.
• Home-based maternal records: guidelines for development, adaptation and evaluation. World Health Organization, 1994, 85p.
• Married Adolescents. No place of safety. World Health Organization, 2006, 36p.
• Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth: a guide for midwives and doctors. World Health Organization, 2003, 448p.
• Mother baby package: implementing safe motherhood in countries: practical guide. World Health Organization, 1994, 89p. WHO/FHE/MSM/94.11
• Obstetric Fistula. Guiding principles for clinical management and programmes development. World Health Organization, 2006, 73p.
• Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care: a guide for essential practice. World Health Organization. Dept. of Reproductive Health and Research, 2006, 178p.
• Protecting young people from HIV/AIDS: The role of health services. World Health Organization, 2004, 36p.
• Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use. 2nd edition. World Health Organization, 2004, 161p.
• WHO Recommendations for the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage. World Health Organization, 2007, 35p.
• WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria Wheel for Contraceptive Use. , 2008 Update. World Health Organization, 2009. (1 wheel)

BOX 150 : CHILD HEALTH and DIARRHOEAL DISEASES

• Acute diarrhoeal diseases in complex emergencies: critical steps. World Health Organization, 2004, WHO/CDS/CPE/ZFK/2004.6 (leaflet)
• Disabled village children: a guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers and families. Werner D. Hesperian Foundation, 2nd ed. 6th printing, 2003, 654p.
• First steps for managing an outbreak of acute diarrhoea. World Health Organization, 2003, WHO/CDS/CSR/NCS/2003.7 (leaflet)
• HIV and infant feeding counselling tools. counselling cards. World Health Organization, 2005, 42p.
• HIV and infant feeding counselling tools: reference guide. World Health Organization, 2005, 76p.
• HIV and infant feeding counselling tools: orientation guide for trainers. World Health Organization, 2005, 76p.
• The Management of acute respiratory infections in children: practical guidelines for outpatient care. World Health Organization, 1995, 75p. + fold-out charts.
• The Management and prevention of diarrhoea: practical guidelines. World Health Organization, 3rd ed., 1993, 50p.
• Cholera Outbreak: assessing the outbreak response and improving preparedness. World Health Organization, 2004, WHO/CDS/CPE/ZFK/2004.4., 87p.
• Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children. Guidelines for the Management of Common Illnesses with Limited Resources. World Health Organization, 2005, 398p.
• Selection and Use of Essential Medicines (The) Report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2007 (including the Model List of Essential Medicines for Children) WHO Technical Report Series, No 950.World Health Organization, 2008, 184p.
• The Treatment of diarrhoea: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers. World Health Organization, 2005, 44p.
• WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children. World Health Organization, 2nd List, March 2009, 36p.

BOX 160 : HOSPITALS CARE (2 boxes)

• District laboratory practice in tropical countries: parts 1. Cheesbrough Monica. Doddington: Tropical Health Technology, 2nd ed., 2005, 454p.
• District laboratory practice in tropical countries: parts 2. Cheesbrough Monica. Doddington: Tropical Health Technology, 2nd ed., 2006, 434p.
• Essential Environmental Health Standards for Health Care. World Health Organization, 2003, 57p.
• Manual of basic techniques for a health laboratory. World Health Organization, 2003, 393p.
• Manual of diagnostic ultrasound. Palmer P.E.S. World Health Organization, 1995, 334p.
• Pattern recognition in diagnostic imaging. World Health Organization, 2001, 205p.
• Rehabilitation surgery for deformities due to poliomyelitis: techniques for the district hospital. Krol J. World Health Organization, 1993, 112p.
• Surgical Care at the district Hospital. World Health Organization, 2003, 512p.
• WHO Manual of Diagnostic Imaging: Radiographic Anatomy and Interpretation of the Chest and the Pulmonary System. Ellis, S.M., Flower, C. World Health Organization, 2006, 152p.
• WHO Manual of Diagnostic Imaging: Radiographic Technique and Projections. Sandström, S. World Health Organization, 2003, 133p.

BOX 170 : NUTRITION AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS

• Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders. A Manual for Health Workers. World Health Organization, 2008, 96p.
• Guidelines for training community health workers in nutrition. World Health Organization, 2nd ed. 1986, 121p.
• The Management of nutrition in major emergencies. World Health Organization, 2000, 286p.
• Nutrition for developing countries. Savage-King F, Burgess A. Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. 1993, 461p.
• Guiding principles for feeding infants and young children during emergencies. World Health Organization, 2004, 84p.

BOX 180 : ESSENTIAL DRUGS

• Essential drugs: practical guidelines intended for physicians, pharmacists, nurses and medical auxiliaries. Maritoux J, Pinel J. Médecins sans Frontières, 3rd ed.. 2006, 344p.
• Essential medicines for Reproductive Health. Guiding principles for their inclusion on national list. World Health Organization, 2006, 104p.
• Guidelines for Safe Disposal of Unwanted Pharmaceuticals in and after Emergencies. World Health Organization, 2006, WHO/EDM/PAR/99.2., 31p.
• Guidelines for the Storage of Essential medicines and Other Health Commodities. DELIVER in collaboration with World Health Organization, 2003, 112p.
• The Interagency Emergency Health Kit. World Health Organization, 2006, WHO/PSM/PAR/2006.4., 82p.
• The Interagency List of Essential Medicines for Reproductive Health. World Health Organization, 2006, WHO/PSM/PAR/2006.1., 28p.
• Managing drug supply : the selection, procurement, distribution and use of pharmaceuticals. Quick J D. Kumarian Press. 2nd ed. Revised and expanded. 1997, 830p.
• A Model Quality Assurance System for procurement Agencies. World Health Organization, 2006, WHO/PSM/PAR/2007.3., 136p.
• Selection and Use of Essential Medicines (The) Report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2007 (including the Model List of Essential Medicines for Children) WHO Technical Report Series, No 950.World Health Organization, 2008, 184p.
• WHO Model Formulary 2008. World Health Organization, 2009, 644p.

BOX 190 : COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND IMMUNIZATION

• Anthrax in Humans and Animals World Health Organization, 2008, 215p.
• Assessing tuberculosis prevalence trough population-based surveys. World Health Organization, Regional office for the Western Pacific, 2007, 235p.
• Communicable Disease Control in Emergencies: a field manual. World Health Organization, 2005, 302p.
• Implementing the WHO Stop TB Strategy. A handbook for national tuberculosis control programmes. World Health Organization, 2008, 184p.
• Immunization in Practice. World Health Organization, 2004, 232p.
• Management of epidemic meningococcal meningitis. Fermon F, Varaine F. Médecins sans Frontières, 4th ed., 2008, 174p.
• Management of waste from injection activities at district level. Guidelines for district health managers. World Health Organization, 2006, 20p.
• Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response. World Health Organization, 2009, 58p.

BOX 200 : PARASITIC DISEASES AND VECTOR CONTROL

• Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria. Second Edition. World Health Organization, 2010, 194p.
• Lymphatic Filariasis. World Health Organization, 2004, 16p.WHO/CDS/CPE/CEE/2004. 40
• Malaria Control in Complex Emergencies. An Inter-Agency Field Handbook. World Health Organization, 2005, 242p.
• Preventive Chemotherapy in Human Helminthiasis. Coordinated Use of Anthelminthic Drugs in Control Interventions - A Manual for Health Professionals and Programme Managers. World Health Organization, 2006, 71p.
• Practical Handbook on the Pharmacovigilance of Antimalarial Medicines (A). World Health Organization, 2004, 116p.
• Regional Guidelines for the Management of Severe Falciparum Malaria in Small Hospitals WHO Regional Publications, SEARO Series, No 43. World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia, 2006, 256p.
• Use of Malaria Rapid Diagnostics Tests (The). World Health Organization, 2004, 19p.
• Use of Rapid Syphilis Tests (The) World Health Organization, 2007, 30p.
• Youth-centered Counselling for HIV-STI Prevention and Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health. World Health Organization, 2005, 166p.

BOX 210 : SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND AIDS

• The LIGHTHOUSE a centre for comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Malawi: case study. World Health Organization, 2004, 17p.
• Saving Mothers, Saving Families: the MTCT-Plus Initiative: case study. World Health Organization, 2003, 13p.
• Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy Experience in Uganda: case study. World Health Organization, 2003, 11p.
• HIV/AIDS stand up for human rights: World Health Organization, 2005, 16p.
• HIV, Health and Your Community: A Guide for Action by Reuben Granich and Jonathan Mermin. Hesperian Foundation Updated 2006, 248 p.
• Reproductive Choices and Family planning for People living with HIV: Counselling Tool. World Health Organization, 2006, 36p.
• TB/HIV a clinical manual. World Health Organization, 2004, 210p.
• WHO recommendations for clinical mentoring to support scale-up of HIV care, antiretroviral therapy and prevention in resource-constrained settings. World Health Organization, 2005, 70p.