Where women have no doctor

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1. tompMar 2019
   Also see Where There Is No Dentist [1] and Where Women Have No Doctor [2].

   [1] https://www.surviveuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Where-T...

   [2] http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs12/Where_women_have_no_docto...

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2. spditnerMar 2019
   A long time ago now, a friend worked on a partial translation of "Where Women Have No Doctor" into Farsi with a grant from Hesperian -- and one of the dilemmas they had was whether including (they did in the end) the more graphic pictures would help or hinder their efforts in distributing it. I wonder how much of a challenge literacy is in a place where no doctor can be found. She talked about doing an audio cassette version, but again, the pictures are a challenge there as well.
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3. tompSep 2015
   Depends what you're preparing for.

   If you're preparing just for a few days/weeks without "the grid", then obviously the most useful items are everyday consumables:

   - toiletries: toilet paper, tampons, razors, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste (although hard soap works as well), lenses & glasses

   - medicine: antibiotics, plasters, vitamin C (and other vitamins), water filters or water purification tablets, first aid & trauma kit

   - heat & light: lighters, matches, candles, flashlights (including headlamps and wind-up flashlights), batteries, solar chargers, clothing, gasoline, portable generators

   - entertainment: radios, books, board games, alcohol, cigarettes

   - food (obviously): rice, flour, pasta, honey, canned meat, canned & pickled (or otherwise preserved) food

   Especially noteworthy are cigarettes (or cigarette boxes); IIRC, there were historical examples of societies using cigarettes as money - cigarettes are rather small and light, last for a long time, are hard to falsify, easy to verify, and have real-world utility.

   For long-term "lawless" society, other things would be useful as well, such as seeds, guns & ammunition, communication equipment (walkie-talkies), books that explain how to do stuff ([1], [2]), all kinds of tools, instruments and equipment.

   WARNING: all of the above is purely theoretical.

   [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_There_Is_No_Doctor

   [2] http://www.amazon.com/Where-Women-Have-No-Doctor/dp/09423642...

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