News Bits

Notice of a new book
from Teaching-aids At Low Cost (TALC) and Macmillan

Caring for Severely Malnourished Children
Ann Ashworth and Ann Burgess
2003

A low-cost illustrated manual for nurses and other paediatric health workers, and their trainers and supervisors.

Based on guidelines developed by the World Health Organization and on training modules for nurses in Africa prepared by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of the Western Cape , South Africa . Funded by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project of the Academy for Educational Development, USA .

The book:

•  is written in a simple and easy-to-read style

•  takes account of the lack of resources in many hospitals and health centres in the developing world

•  places emphasis on support for mothers and other carers of hospitalised children

•  recognises HIV/AIDS as a common cause of malnutrition

A CD-ROM containing the book, the training modules, a set of TALC slides and links to relevant websites is also available from TALC.

Orders and Enquiries

TALC

Price £3.15 (book only), £4.50 (book and CD) plus postage
Order from: TALC, P.O. Box 49 , St Albans , AL1 5TX , UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1727 853869, Fax: +44 (0) 1727 846852,
E-mail: info@talcuk.org

Macmillan

The book is also available from Macmillan country offices and through local bookshops. For contact details of local offices, please see www.macmillan-africa.com/Contacts/

For further details and discount enquiries, please contact Anna Cole-Morgan, E-mail: a.colemorgan@macmillan.com