Topics: CHW role, Community health workers, Family planning, Infectious diseases, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Nutrition, Prevention, Reproductive Health, Training

This reference book is written primarily for CHWs or other village health workers living far from medical centers, in places where there are no health facilities. It covers basic diagnosis and treatment of a wide array of common conditions. It is written in basic language, and includes lots of visual references, so that people without much formal education can use it; it has been translated into more than 80 languages and used in over 100 countries.