Hesperian Foundation

Hesperian Health Guides is a non-profit publisher of books and educational materials that help people take the lead in their own health care and organize to improve health conditions in their communities. Simply written, heavily illustrated, and developed in collaboration with groups around the world, our books contain a wealth of life-saving information on diagnosing and treating a broad range of health problems. Our book titles are: Where There is No Doctor Where Women Have no Doctor Where There is no Dentist Helping Health Workers Learn A Book for Midwives Disabled Village Children Helping Children who are Blind Helping Children who are Deaf A Community Guide to Environmental Health Health Actions for Women Workers' Guide to Health and Safety We are currently working on a book for children with and impacted by HIV and updated chapters of our flagship book Where There is No Doctor.