Where There Is No Doctor 2011
NUTRITION
How many mothers breast feed their babies? For how long? Are
these babies healthier than those who are not breastfed? Why?
What are the main foods people eat? Where do they come from?
Do people make good use of all foods available?
How many children are underweight (p. 109) or show signs of poor nutrition? How
much do parents and school children know about nutritional needs?
How many people smoke a lot? How many drink alcoholic or soft drinks very
often? What effect does this have on their own and their families’ health?
(See p. 148 to 150.)
LAND AND FOOD
Does the land provide enough food for each family?
How long will it continue to produce enough food if families keep growing?
How is farm land distributed? How many people own their land?
What efforts are being made to help the land produce more?
How are crops and food stored? Is there much damage or loss? Why?
HEALING, HEALTH
What role do local midwives and healers play in health care?
What traditional ways of healing and medicines are used?
Which are of greatest value? Are any harmful or dangerous?
What health services are nearby? How good are they? What do they cost? How
much are they used?
How many children have been vaccinated? Against what sicknesses?
What other preventive measures are being taken? What others might be taken?
How important are they?
SELF-HELP
What are the most important things that affect your
people’s health and well-being—now and in the future?
How many of their common health problems can people care
for themselves? How much must they rely on outside help and medication?
Are people interested in finding ways of making self-care safer, more effective and
more complete? Why? How can they learn more? What stands in the way?
What are the rights of rich people? Of poor people? Of men? Of women?
Of children? How is each of these groups treated? Why? Is this fair? What needs to
be changed? By whom? How?
Do people work together to meet common needs? Do they share or help each
other when needs are great?
What can be done to make your village a better, healthier place to live? Where
might you and your people begin?
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