REFERENCES & FURTHER READING
From Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC) PO BOX 49, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 5TX, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 (0) 1727 853869 Fax +44 (0) 1727 846852
e-mail: tolcuk@btinternet.com Web site http://www.talcuk.org
Books
1. Leprosy for Medical Practitioners and Paramedical Workers: S Yawalkar, 1994. Provides basic information on leprosy and its treatment together with details of prevention, control and rehabilitation. For medical students and doctors. FREE with paid orders
2. Leprosy for Field Staff: A Summers, 1993. Ideal for health workers responsible for the diagnosis treatment and education of leprosy patients. Clearly written with many excellent illustrations. Price £1.00
3. Disabled Village Children: D Werner, 1994. A guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers and families written especially for those who live in rural areas where resources are limited. Also available in Spanish. Price £10.95
4. I Can Do It Too (Child-to-Child Reader No 10. Level 2), 1989. Three stories which help children recognize that all children, handicapped or otherwise, have strengths and weaknesses. It shows disabled children how they can learn to overcome physical disabilities
with the help and support of other children. Price £2.00
5. Techniques for the Care of Leprosy Patients: J Harris, 1993. A 30-page workbook with checklists of 30 important tasks relating to patient care. FREE with paid orders
Slides (Transparencies)
1. Care of the Nerve Damaged Limb: (LPN)1986.
Describes how leprosy can cause nerve damoge to limbs, in order to teach patients how to care for their limbs and to preserve residual function. Also ideal for health workers who care for those with nerve damage from ony cause. Price £5.OO mounted, £7.00 file/folder or bar
2. Community Based Rehabilitation: (CBR) 1989. A general introduction to the needs of disabled children and their families. and the role of the CBR worker. Aimed at health and community workers concerned with the care of disabled children in Africa. £5.00 mounted, £7.00 file/folder or bar
3. Leprosy in Childhood: (LP) 1998. A general introduction to leprosy, with particular reference to children. Describes treatment with multi-drug therapy Aimed at health workers in leprosy areas. Revised script. Price £5.00 mounted, £7.00 file/folder or bar
From the Wellcome Trust, Topics in International Health, London. United Kingdom
CD-ROM, Covering the main aspects of leprosy with 10 interactive tutorials and approximately 1000 images. Includes overview diagnosis, histopathology and classification, clinical features and classification, prevention and control, immunology, epidemiology, physical and social management. For orders and enquiries: CABI Publishing, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8DE. United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111. Fax +44 (0)1491 829292. E-mail: publishing@cabi.org.
From International Resource Centre International Centre for Eye Health, Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London, EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom
Tel . +44 (0) 207 608 6923 Fax +44 (0) 207 250 3207
e-mail eyesource@ucl.oc.uk
Slide text on Leprosy and the Eye. Twenty-four slides (color transparencies) with text on the recognition and treatment of eye disease in leprosy.
