Child Health and Care

Tender moments of caretakers with children in hospitals, showcasing the importance of health monitoring and care for the young.

Malawi, Twenty two year old Hannah Nyasulu with her baby, Mercy Munthali. Mercy was born weighing about 1kg. Discharged mothers with underweight babies return to the hospital once every week for growth monitoring and further assistance.

Oasis of Love, a catholic center for mentally disabled persons in Kpalime, Togo. Daughter of a disabled person.

Checking the temperature of children suffering from malnutrition in a Therapeutic Feeding Center in Monrovia, Liberia, implemented by Action contre la Faim (ACF), an international non-governmental organisation (Action against Hunger).

Malawi, Twenty two year old Hannah Nyasulu with her baby, Mercy Munthali. Mercy was born weighing about 1kg. Discharged mothers with underweight babies return to the hospital once every week for growth monitoring and further assistance.

Photo essay. One month after their birth, the twins left the department of neonatology.

Photo essay in Lomé, Togo. Child in hospital. Department of neurosurgery.

Health center run by a catholic NGO in Dapaong, Togo.

18 months old undernourished child suffering from marasmus with his mother in a Therapeutic Feeding Center in Monrovia, Liberia, implemented by Action contre la Faim (ACF), an international non-governmental organisation (Action against Hunger).

At a district hospital in Kirbi, Cameroon, a medical officer examines a baby with an ear infection; Kribi, Cameroon

Photo essay in a free clinic in Mali. Blood test to diagnose malaria. WHO, UNICEF.

Photo essay in Lomé, Togo. Medical center for HIV patients.

Photo essay. One month after their birth, the twins left the department of neonatology.

Africa. Sotouboua hospital. Paediatric unit. Togo.

Africa. Sotoboua hospital. Paediatric unit. Medical consultation. Togo.

Young mother with her child in hospital, Gambia

Africa. Sotouboua hospital. Paediatric unit. Togo.

Child eating Plumpy nut, peanut-based therapeutic food. Program of ambulatory treatment of malnutrition implemented by a local non-governmental organisation and Action contre la Faim (ACF), an international non-governmental organisation (Action against Hunger). Pipeline hospital, Monrovia, Liberia.

Nurse with a child suffering from malnutrition in a Therapeutic Feeding Center in Monrovia, Liberia, implemented by Action contre la Faim (ACF), an international non-governmental organisation (Action against Hunger).

At the district hospital in Kribi, Cameroon, a nurse cares for her sick baby, brought in for care; Kribi, Cameroon

At a district hospital in Kirbi, Cameroon, a mother seeks care for her child who is suffering from anemia and malaria; Kribi, Cameroon

Ethiopia Famine

Mother with twins, two babies at Princess Christian Hospital in Sierra Leone, Freetown, 15.06.2021., Sierra Leone, Africa

Newborn child being examined by a doctor, at the hospital, Matamba-Solo, Kawongo district, Bandundu Province, Congo-Brazzaville, Africa

Infants and child nurses at an orphanage near Bukoba, Tanzania, Africa

A Somali girl looks into the camera while waiting to be examined by a Navy corpsman. Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15) is conducting a medical civic action program in the streets of the city during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Nov. 1, 2019) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Heather N. Richards, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), greets a boy at a temporary medical treatment site in Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 1, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at a temporary medical treatment site, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants.

People are seen receiving free medical care at a makeshift shelter at the Durumi IDP Camp in Abuja. The Durumi IDP Camp houses over 2,000 internally displaced persons. People displaced are sheltered in camps due to insurgency in the northeastern provinces of Nigeria which continues to increase every day. Nigeria.

A 13-month-old Liberian girl receives treatment as part of 14 Military Hospital's infant and child malnutrition program April 27, 2022 in Monrovia, Liberia. MING's State Partnership Program with Liberia was on full display as various medial units conducted a medical "best practices" exchange in Monrovia April 25-29, 2022, at the hospital. Together with the AFL, MING helped establish the facility in September 2021, making it the country's first military hospital.

18 months old undernourished child suffering from marasmus with his mother in a Therapeutic Feeding Center in Monrovia, Liberia, implemented by Action contre la Faim (ACF), an international non-governmental organisation (Action against Hunger).

Photo essay in a free clinic in Mali.

Baby at Princess Christian Hospital in Sierra Leone, Freetown, 15.06.2021., Sierra Leone, Africa

Children's hospital of Emergency Onlus in Mayo district

Girl, patient in the private Shree Jain Hospital, her stay funded by an aid organisation, critically ill with tuberculor meningitis, behind her mother, Howrah, Hooghly, West Bengal, India, Asia

An MSF doctors examines a patient in a clinic in Lira, Uganda.

Pediatric consultation, health center, Lancetillo (La Parroquia), municipality of Uspantán, Quiche, Sierra de Chamá, Guatemala, Central America.

Malawi, Blantyre, Cecilia Ntilosanji, mother to a defiled girl explains how her daughter was defiled. Zefa was defiled on February 2012 when her mother, who works as a prison guard was at work.

A young Kenya boy is infected with HIV/AIDS at Pepo La Tumaini Jangwani, HIV/AIDS Community Rehabilitation Program, Orphanage & Clinic. Pepo La Tumaini Jangwani (wind of hope in the arid place) offers hope, support and care for orphan and vulnerable children living with HIV/AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

Photo essay at Saint Maurice hospital in France. Department of neonatology one week after the birth of the twins.

110503-N-NY820-309PAITA, Peru (May 3, 2011) A dental patient waits his turn for Lt. Cmdr. Michael Rudman during a Continuing Promise 2011 dental community service project. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

India, Andhra Pradesh, Female Health Visitor Examining Tribal Baby.

Guatemala, Tuticopote La Laguna, nurse (Ingrid Cruz) giving Vitamin A to baby (Jose Adelzo Ramirez Mendez, 6 months) (MR)

Volunteers in an HIV vaccine experiment in Tanzania.

French NGO Chaine de l'Espoir. Children's pavilion. Child suffering of heart disease. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

A mother holds her young child as a healthcare worker gives an injection; India

Pediatric review, health center, Lancetillo (La Parroquia), municipality of Uspantán, Quiche, Sierra de Chamá, Guatemala, Central America.

Photo essay at Saint Maurice hospital in France. Department of neonatology one week after the birth of the twins.

consulta de pediatria, centro de salud, Lancetillo ( La Parroquia), municipio de Uspantán, Quiche , sierra de Chamá, Guatemala, Central America.

Reportage in the pediatric emergency unit in a hospital in Haute-Savoie, France. A doctor examines a baby.

A deaf boy does not hear the clapping above his head despite strong amplification level of his hearing aids.

Photo essay in Lomé, Togo. Medical center for HIV patients.

Midsection of female healthcare worker explaining to young patient in medical clinic

Reportage in a post-natal clinic in Champigny, France. Since leaving the neonatal unit, the twins (3-months old) are checked every week to follow their growth. Consultation with the post-natal clinic doctor.

Children's pavilion run by Domincan catholic sisters. Child suffering of heart disease. Medical consultation. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Paola Stanley, from Chicago, conducts a pre-examination screening for an infant at Kukum Area Health Center during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

With a view to breastfeeding or breastfeeding, a midwife administers vitamin K to a newborn baby.

Reportage in a post-natal clinic in Champigny, France. Since leaving the neonatal unit, the twins (3-months old) are checked every week to follow their growth.

Photo essay at Saint Maurice hospital in France. Department of neonatology one week after the birth of the twins.

Medical consultation in Bamako. Waiting room

South Asian Indian three months old baby taking oil massage on her legs by expert woman, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India MR 512 Copyright: xRxModi/DinodiaxPhotox

Infants being fed by children's nurses in an orphanage near Bukoba, Tanzania, Africa

Photo essay in a hospital in Brazzaville, Congo. Medical consultation with Pr Alain Deloche.

Reportage in a health center in Lome, Togo. Vaccination.

US Navy LT Ron Linfesty, from the 3rd of the 11th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California, left, leans over an examining table and places his stethoscope on the chest of a small Somali infant. The baby is one of a set of twins and the mother stands in the background holding the other baby. According to the doctor, the babies were healthly. He gave them vitamins and sent them on their way. The orphanage is just outside of Mogadishu. US Navy and Air Force medical personnel met up with a civilian care group (not shown) to assist in giving check-ups to the children in the orphanage. Once word got out that there was a medical team in town, women from the local area started bringing their.... Complete Scene Caption: US Navy LT Ron Linfesty, from the 3rd of the 11th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California, left, leans over an examining table and places his stethoscope on the chest of a small Somali infant. The baby is one of a set of twins and the mother stands in the background holding the oth

Malawi, Northern Region, Rumphi, mothers and her children waiting at Chozoli Village Clinic in Rumphi District.

Malnourished infant, hospital ward of the aid organization German Doctors for Developing Countries, Shibpur district, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia

A Somali child grimaces as he receives a vaccination at the orphanage in Marka. The Moroccan army provided medical services to the children as part of their support to UNOSOM II. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Marka Country: Somalia (SOM)

Feeding, mom and love for baby, bottle and nutrition for child with milk, vitamin D and calcium for girl. Black family, wellness and protein for growth, development and infant with woman in house

Mothers and their children waiting at the Center of ambulatory treatment of malnutrition implemented by a local non-governmental organisation and Action contre la Faim (ACF), an international non-governmental organisation (Action against Hunger). Pipeline hospital, Monrovia, Liberia.

060127-A-1526R-008. Base: Poptun State: Peten Country: Guatemala (GTM) Scene Major Command Shown: 94TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL

Pediatric consultation, health center, Lancetillo (La Parroquia), municipality of Uspantán, Quiche, Sierra de Chamá, Guatemala, Central America.

At the district hospital in Kribi, Cameroon, a mother watches her sick baby, brought in for care; Kribi, Cameroon

Half of India's children under the age of five are malnourished. Being undernourished affects not only physically, but also the mental development of the child. CINI takes a sustainable approach to tackling child malnutrition, focussing on spreading awareness and constructive intervention. This is the first clinic in India established for the sole purpose of treating malnourished children, and mothers were given guidance about what to feed their children. A lot of these mothers are hardly more than children themselves, and are very malnourished. Thakurpukur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Reportage in the Health and Prevention Centre run by the local committee for social hygiene (CDHS) in Lyon, France. DTP vaccination : Diphtheria - Tetanus - Poliomyelitis. Revaxis is a combination vaccine administered to adults as a booster to an earlier vaccination, to conjointly prevent diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis.

madre indigena con su bebe, centro de salud, Lancetillo ( La Parroquia), municipio de Uspantán, Quiche , sierra de Chamá, Guatemala, Central America.

Malaria in Sierra Leone.

Africa. Sotouboua hospital. Paediatric unit. Togo.

Medical Team Does A Check Up On A Small Child, Manica, Mozambique, Africa

An Afghan boy holds his sister as an interpreter working with the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team explains how to administer the medicine a doctor prescribed for her during a medical civic action program in the district of Tagab in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan April 30, 2007.

Health volunteer checks on a girl recovering from malaria

040908-F-4243J-041. Base: Dajabon Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

LT. Curtis Anderson, a doctor serving with Combat Service Support Detachment 15 (CSSD-15), examines a Somali infant while participating in a medical civic action program during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Boy getting an oral vaccination, vaccination campaign for children by the German Doctors for Developing Countries in Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia

FAMILY PLANNING, BANGLADESH. Mobarakdi village, Matlab district. Hashina Akhtar giving a three-monthly injection of the contraceptive Depro-Provera. . She is a community health worker. She gives child nutrition and family planning advice. She also deals with minor medical problem and shows mothers how to mix and administer oral rehydration fluids to treat childhood diarrhoea.

Midwife caring for newborn baby girl in the neonatal center at RS Islam Jakarta Pondok Kopi Medical Center in Jakarta, Indonesia; Jakarta, Indonesia

Baby girl getting weighed at a health clinic in Haiti; Marmelade, Haiti

060815-N-3931M-021. Base: Tarakan Country: Indonesia (IDN)

French NGO : La Chaine de l'Espoir. Humanitarian Medicine. Togo.

Ward round in the children's ward, hospital, Manyemen, Cameroon, Africa

Physician measuring the heart rate of a young man by using her smartwatch, employing the digital fitness tracker accessory on her gadget. Patient and doctor interaction with tools. Close up.

Reportage in a post-natal clinic in Champigny, France. Since leaving the neonatal unit, the twins (3-months old) are checked every week to follow their growth. Consultation with the post-natal clinic doctor.

Alanyo Fiona 17, lost her fingers and sustained serious injuries on her arms when she fell into a fire during a seizure attack. She is battling with nodding syndrome, which is an unexplained neurologic condition characterized by episodes of repetitive dropping forward of the head, often accompanied by other seizure/like activity, such as convulsions or staring spells. Odek sub county, Omoro district. Uganda.

Reportage in a post-natal clinic in Champigny, France. Since leaving the neonatal unit, the twins (3-months old) are checked every week to follow their growth.

A Ghanaian nurse assigned to the 6th Infantry Battalion works with a translator to treat a patient during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Yendi, Ghana, August 31, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.

Brazzaville Hospital. Medical consultation of the NGO la Chaîne de l'Espoir. Professor Alain Deloche.

110501-F-CF975-115 PAITA, Peru (May 1, 2011) Lt. Eva Chou, an ophthalmologist, from Hacienda Heights, Calif., exams the eyes of a 7-month-old patient at a medical clinic at Sagrado Corzon de Jesus School in Paita, Peru. Chou is part of Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Joint Task Force Bravo and Tradewinds medical team host a medical event including pediatrics, dental, and optometry for local community May 18, 2022 at Carmalita Government School in Orange Walk District in Belize for Tradewinds 2022. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

HIV/AIDS-infected woman at a hospital shelter, Cameroon, Africa

DALA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gianfranco Chavez, from Kissimmee, Florida, right, teaches proper hand washing techniques to students of Dala Primary School during a visit in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands includes participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

madre indigena con su bebe, centro de salud, Lancetillo ( La Parroquia), municipio de Uspantán, Quiche , sierra de Chamá, Guatemala, Central America.

French NGO : La Chaine de l'Espoir. Humanitarian Medicine. Togo.

The backs of the hands of a patient with monkeypox showing a characteristic rash during his recovery phase. Monkeypox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996-1997, formerly in Zaire. In 1996, 71 suspected cases of human monkeypox were reported in Katako-Kombe. In February 1997 epidemiological observations and laboratory results lead to the conclusion that the repeated reintroduction of monkeypox virus by animals is necessary to maintain the disease in the local human population

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