Survival in the Land of Dysentery


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In this new book, Survival in the Land of Dysentery: The World War II Experiences of a Red Cross Worker in India, Baroness Katharine Harris van Hogendorp tells of serving with the American Red Cross in World War II. Posted to a jungle base at Chakulia in India, the next two years provided some extraordinary experiences.She tells the moving story of a beautiful, young woman who possessed a great degree of caring and compassion, only to be forced to exist with images of seeing her name on a B-29 Superfortress and being surrounded by constant death and suffering.As a classically-trained opera singer, Katie brought good cheer, sustenance and entertainment to British and American troops while enduring heat, illness, pestilence and the dangers present at the China-Burma-India front.Katie recently reflected, Ever since I read the Arabian Nights, I had dreamed of being transported one day on a magic carpet, floating through space to a world of eternal beauty and enchantment. Maybe the closest I came to that experience was when I lived for two weeks on a houseboat in Kashmir, situated in the magnificent, snow-capped Himalaya Mountains. After eighteen months at our base in the jungles of India, another war-weary Red Cross worker, my friend Pat, and I managed to take some leave and get there.







Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 2)


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The evaluation of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) by the Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) focuses on maternal conditions, childhood illness, and malnutrition. Specifically, the chapters address acute illness and undernutrition in children, principally under age 5. It also covers maternal mortality, morbidity, stillbirth, and influences to pregnancy and pre-pregnancy. Volume 3 focuses on developments since the publication of DCP2 and will also include the transition to older childhood, in particular, the overlap and commonality with the child development volume. The DCP3 evaluation of these conditions produced three key findings: 1. There is significant difficulty in measuring the burden of key conditions such as unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, nonsexually transmitted infections, infertility, and violence against women. 2. Investments in the continuum of care can have significant returns for improved and equitable access, health, poverty, and health systems. 3. There is a large difference in how RMNCH conditions affect different income groups; investments in RMNCH can lessen the disparity in terms of both health and financial risk.




CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel


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THE ESSENTIAL WORK IN TRAVEL MEDICINE -- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED FOR 2018 As unprecedented numbers of travelers cross international borders each day, the need for up-to-date, practical information about the health challenges posed by travel has never been greater. For both international travelers and the health professionals who care for them, the CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel is the definitive guide to staying safe and healthy anywhere in the world. The fully revised and updated 2018 edition codifies the U.S. government's most current health guidelines and information for international travelers, including pretravel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts. The 2018 Yellow Book also addresses the needs of specific types of travelers, with dedicated sections on: · Precautions for pregnant travelers, immunocompromised travelers, and travelers with disabilities · Special considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees · Practical tips for last-minute or resource-limited travelers · Advice for air crews, humanitarian workers, missionaries, and others who provide care and support overseas Authored by a team of the world's most esteemed travel medicine experts, the Yellow Book is an essential resource for travelers -- and the clinicians overseeing their care -- at home and abroad.




Contagion and Enclaves


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Contagion and Enclaves examines the social history of medicine across two intersecting British enclaves in the major tea-producing region of colonial India: the hill station of Darjeeling and the adjacent tea plantations of North Bengal. Focusing on the establishment of hill sanatoria and other health care facilities and practices against the backdrop of the expansion of tea cultivation and labor migration, it tracks the demographic and environmental transformation of the region and the critical role race and medicine played in it, showing that the British enclaves were essential and distinctive sites of the articulation of colonial power and economy.







Dysenteries


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