Hesperian Digital Commons

Hesperian develops and distributes health guides and materials that provide knowledge for action, and inspire action for health.  Their guides are designed in partnership with and for community health workers and others in poor and marginalized communities around the world to prevent and cure disease, and to challenge the social injustices that cause poor health. Hesperian Health Guides is respected worldwide for creating books such as Where There Is No Doctor that save lives and inspire communities to take control of their health.

The online Hesperian Digital Commons now creatively provides 'open access' to the organization's many trusted print materials through the innovative use of digital technology. The new tools and features available from their web site vastly expand and simplify access to their unique content, helping to move more people from knowledge to action for the health of individuals, communities, and the environment.