[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 <bgirardot at gmail.com> 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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