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Boy in Timbuktu, Mali

Recommended reading
About the recommendations
HEP position paper: How free trade agreements are hurting people in developing countries.

breaking freeHEP Director Travis Sherer authored a chapter on HEP's work in Ghana in the recently released book, Breaking Free, published by Queer Peace International (QPI). This cutting-edge publication examines ways in which sexual/gender minorities in developing countries empower themselves, educate their communities on gender & sexuality differences, and work collaboratively with international allies.

Breaking Free: Sexual Diversity and Change in Emerging Nations, edited by Robert Mizzi.

Please visit Queer Peace International for more information and to order a copy.

Want to learn more about how health care affects people around the world, and what to do about it?

These books and resources are excellent and have all been read and recommended by HEP volunteers. By clicking on the links to books here, you will be taken to Amazon.com where a portion of your purchase will go back to help us continue our work.

     
The Impact of Inequality is an excellent primer on how healthcare in the US has affected various groups of people, from rich to poor and everything in between.
Infections and Inequalities is a slightly more academic book but still easily readable and gives well researched insight into worldwide examples of health and equality.
 

 

Mountains Beyond Mountains is an inspiring portrayal of Dr. Paul Farmer and his quest tohelp local villagers in Haiti.

 

 
     
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