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Donde no hay doctor para mujeres (the Spanish eversion of Where Women Have No Doctor) combines self-help medical information with an understanding of the ways poverty, discrimination and cultural beliefs limit women's health and access to care. Developed with community-based groups and medical experts from more than 30 countries, Donde no hay doctor para mujeres is an essential resource for any woman who wants to improve her health, and for health workers who want more information about the problems that affect only women, or that affect women differently from men. Topics covered include: Ways to stay healthy; pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding; health concerns of women with disabilities, girls, older women and refugees; sexual health, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections; the use of medicines in women's health; mental health; the politics of women's health; and rape and other violence against women. This printing features new and updated information on family planning, cervical cancer screening and treatment, early detection of stomach cancer, breast feeding guidelines for HIV+ women, female condoms, and updated medicines for PID, STIs, UTIs, and womb infection.

Where Women Have No Doctor combines self-help medical information with an understanding of the ways poverty, discrimination and cultural beliefs limit women's health and access to care. Developed with community-based groups and medical experts from more than 30 countries, Where Women Have No Doctor is an essential resource for any woman who wants to improve her health, and for health workers who want more information about the problems that affect only women, or that affect women differently from men. Topics covered include: Ways to stay healthy; pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding; health concerns of women with disabilities, girls, older women and refugees; sexual health, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections; the use of medicines in women's health; mental health; the politics of women's health; and rape and other violence against women. This printing features new and updated information on family planning, cervical cancer screening and treatment, early detection of stomach cancer, breast feeding guidelines for HIV+ women, female condoms, and updated medicines for PID, STIs, UTIs, and womb infection.