Re: [HOT] Off-Topic: Medical textbook "Parasitic Diseases, 6th Edition" available for free

[Pete Masters]

Hi Blake. Message below from the head of the MSF UK medical unit...

Thanks!

Pete

PS. GHHM is really cool. Read about it here:
https://www.msf.org.uk/global-health-and-humanitarian-medicine-ghhm-course



Thanks Pete



Jay has posted it on the GHHM course so those attending the course have the
information



(and gave a plug to missing maps too!)



Thanks to you and the HOT community

Philipp

On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Blake Girardot  wrote:

> New Year's Greetings!
>
> This might be of interest to some in the HOT community, although not
> directly related to mapping, it is related to one of most common
> reasons we do map, public health.
>
> The latest edition of a leading medical textbook on parasite caused
> diseases (like malaria) was published in the last few months and the
> authors have made the PDF version of the textbook available as a free,
> easy download.
>
> http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/parasitic-diseases-6th-edition/
>
> It is a textbook intended for medical students and is written using
> very technical medical terminology so it is not easy to read even for
> native English speakers who are not in the medical or scientific
> fields. I do a lot of google'ing while I slowly read it.
>
> This is probably the leading textbook for medical students taking a
> parasitic diseases course and it is quite incredible that the authors
> have found a way to make it available for free. They are very eager
> get this book into the hands of anyone who is interested or can make
> use of the information, regardless of ability to pay for the book.
>
> Regards,
> Blake
>
> PS: Two of the authors also do a semi-weekly podcast about parasitic
> diseases, describing in detail an actual case each week and describing
> how the diseases present themselves, life cycle of the parasites,
> diagnostic techniques, treatments, etc.
>
> http://www.microbeworld.org/podcasts/this-week-in-parasitism
>
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> 
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[HOT] Off-Topic: Medical textbook "Parasitic Diseases, 6th Edition" available for free

[Blake Girardot]

New Year's Greetings!

This might be of interest to some in the HOT community, although not
directly related to mapping, it is related to one of most common
reasons we do map, public health.

The latest edition of a leading medical textbook on parasite caused
diseases (like malaria) was published in the last few months and the
authors have made the PDF version of the textbook available as a free,
easy download.

http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/parasitic-diseases-6th-edition/

It is a textbook intended for medical students and is written using
very technical medical terminology so it is not easy to read even for
native English speakers who are not in the medical or scientific
fields. I do a lot of google'ing while I slowly read it.

This is probably the leading textbook for medical students taking a
parasitic diseases course and it is quite incredible that the authors
have found a way to make it available for free. They are very eager
get this book into the hands of anyone who is interested or can make
use of the information, regardless of ability to pay for the book.

Regards,
Blake

PS: Two of the authors also do a semi-weekly podcast about parasitic
diseases, describing in detail an actual case each week and describing
how the diseases present themselves, life cycle of the parasites,
diagnostic techniques, treatments, etc.

http://www.microbeworld.org/podcasts/this-week-in-parasitism

-- 

Blake Girardot
HOTOSM Member - https://hotosm.org/users/blake_girardot
skype: jblakegirardot
Live OSM Mapper-Support channel - https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/
BE A PART OF HOT'S MICRO GRANTS: https://donate.hotosm.org/

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