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YZK PREPAREDNESS BOOKS
izen’s Action Guide Where There Is No Doctor
(Lens Publishing; 1998)
U tne R eader
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An excerpt: By the time you read this there will be little more than a year to prepare for what 1
have come to believe will be the social equivalent of a worldwide earthquake. The exact date an
time of this earthquake is already known
- the stroke of midnight, December 31,
1999. What we don’t know is where the
earthquake will fall on the Richter scale.
Will it just be a little hiccup, barely no­
ticeable as the world wakes up on the
morning of January 1, 2000, as some
knowledgeable people of goodwill pre­
dict? Or will it be cataclysmic, causing
genuine hardship to millions around the
world, as increasing numbers of others
are now saying?
This guide hopes for the best while plan­
ning for the worst. The Y2K's Citizen s
Action Guide doesn’t engage in the debate
over whether or not to be ocncerned about
Y2K. The following pages focuses instead
on what you can do to prepare for possible
disruptions; as a public citizen, as a mem­
ber of a neighborhood, as a householder,
I and as an individual. The guide is filled
with checklists and inventories to help you
take stock of your assets and your liabilities,
the skills and supplies you have, and those
that you need, to help you and others get
through a crisis. And it offers ideas and
guidelines for communicating with public
officials and others who need to be address­
ing Y2K in their spheres of influence. The
operative watchwords are: “Be prepared.“
by
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A Village Health
Care Handbook
Hesperian Foundation; 1977)
D avid W erner
Where There Is No Doctor is more than a book
on first aid. It covers a wide range of things that affect
the health of the villager - from diarrhea to tubercu­
losis, from helpful and harmful home remedies to
the cautious use of certain modern medicines. Spe­
cial importance is place on cleanliness, a health diet,
and vaccinations. The book also covers in detail both
childbirth and family planning. Not only does it help
the reader realize what he can do for himself, but it
helps him recognize which problems need the atten­
tion of an experienced health worker.
by
EDY SCHO qi
KE»H JfleMenamins
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