Hesperian Health Guides
How to Use the HealthWiki
Contents
Finding Information
The Table of Contents, just like in a book, lists the chapters in the order in which they appear. The
NEW Where There Is No Doctor is still being written. So the HealthWiki contains advance versions of only some chaptersâthose are the ones in red in the Table of Contents. If the chapter title is not red, it means that chapter is in development. We hope the advance chapters will be useful to you even before the entire book is completed. If you would like to support this project, you can donate here.
There is also a box with a list of the chapter contents called "In this chapter" on the right-hand side of every wiki page. Click on a topic in this list to go to that part of the chapter.
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You can also enter terms in the search field in the top right-hand corner to look up information you are interested in.
A page in the wiki contains other information, including ways to visit other wiki pages, other books, and other websites. The links (or navigation) on the left can lead you to:
- the main Hesperian site
- a âstoreâ where you can buy the print version of our books
- a version of the chapter that looks just like the printed book (PDF) to print or download
- a way to print the page just as it looks on your screen
- this same material in another language
- a page where you can create new health materials using your own ideas along with Hesperian content
The top center of every page has links that show in which book and in which chapter the page you are viewing can be found. If you click on the name of the book, you will go to the Table of Contents for the whole book. If you click on the name of the chapter, you will go to the beginning of the chapter.
As mentioned above, the links (or navigation) on the right can lead you to the other pages in the chapter you are currently viewing.
Red underlined text is a link to related information in the book. In the printed book, it may say âSee more information on page 109â; in the wiki you can just click on the link and it will take you to that page. To return to the page where you were before clicking a link, just use the âgo backâ arrow in your internet browser (usually on the top left of your screen).
In the NEW Where There Is No Doctor, you will also find gray âlinksâ that do not work because the material that they will link to has not yet been completed.
Finally, at the very bottom of every page there are links to the previous page and the next page of the chapter.
What the different things on a page mean
Most pages include several headings of different sizes. The largest heading, at the beginning of the wiki page, is the general topic that is being discussed on that page. The smaller headings present more specific information.
About medicines
Always look up each medicine in the Medicine Pages before using it. By clicking on the name of a medicine that is written in red, you will go to the place in the Medicine Pages where that medicine is explained in more detail.
Each chapter of the NEW Where There Is No Doctor contains medicine information (âMedicine pagesâ) for that chapter. Instead of combining the medicine information in a single chapter in the book (where it will be when the book is completed), the medicines information is now found at the end of each chapter. You can find a link to the medicines pages for a chapter in the contents box on the top right of each wiki page in that chapter.For the other books in the wiki, you can find more information about the medicines in a Table of Medicines, also known as the Green Pages. You can get there either from the bottom of the Table of Contents of the entire book or by clicking on the name of a medicine (in red) in the text.
Other information about the Hesperian HealthWiki
In some other books in the Hesperian HealthWiki, you will find medicine boxes, which look like this:
| Medicines for Yeast Infection | ||
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| Soak a clean piece of cotton in gentian violet 1%. Insert the cotton into the vagina, every night for 3 nights. Remove the cotton each morning. Or use any of the following medicines. | ||
| Medicine | How much to take | When and how to take |
| miconazole | put one 200 mg insert | high in the vagina, each night for 3 nights |
| or nystatin | put one 100,000 units insert | high in the vagina, each night for 14 nights |
| or clotrimazole | put two 100 mg inserts | in the vagina, each night for 3 nights |
These boxes tell you the amount of medicine to give, how often to give it, and for how long, as well as some important information to know about using (or not using!) that medicine. Sometimes we recommend medicines in the text and do not put them in a box.
Some books contain a âProblem Indexâ at the beginning of the Green Pages. In this Index, you can look up a health problem, the places in the book where it is explained, and the medicines which may be useful in treating it. The âProblem Indexâ provides an easy way to find information quickly, but it is not a substitute for a more careful study of the book.
Some of our books use specific pictures to convey important or repeated information. They include:
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TRANSPORT! Get help right away!
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IMPORTANT! Very important information
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 This is a sign of danger!
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 Be very careful with this medicine during pregnancy
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 Do not use this medicine during pregnancy
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 Be very careful with this medicine if you are breastfeeding
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 Do not use this medicine if you are breastfeeding
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Hesperian books often have a chapter called âOther Resourcesâ or âWhere To Get More Informationâ that lists other books, materials, and organizations which we have found to be particularly helpful in working on different problems. You can find a link to this section in the Table of Contents for each book. On the Hesperian books and resources page and also on the pages in other languages, you will find more links to âOther Resourcesâ. Use these links! There is a world-wide network of people working for health and social justice. Also, please let us know if any of these links no longer work, or if you think other resources should also be listed. Contact us at:[email protected].
This resource can be improved with your help
If you have any ideas about how the Hesperian HealthWiki could better meet your needs, or suggestions for changes to the content of the books, please write to us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!