Culturally Significant Health Scenes

Images depicting healthcare scenarios in different cultures, emphasizing community health and traditional medical practices.

Christian Missionary at work in Amazon rainforest, Brazil, with Yanomami ( Ianomami ) Indigenous People.

Guatemala, San Bartolo, vaccination of woman (Elvira Ajtun Coj, 25) (MR)

Ho tribes midwife holding air pump and woman with baby Chakradharpur Jharkhand India NO MR Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

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

A boy suffering from leprosy is cared for as a patient in the Sitanala Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia

illness of woman sleeping on bed in Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan at Uttar Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Christian Missionary at work in Amazon rainforest, Brazil, with Yanomami ( Ianomami ) Indigenous People.

Woman with infant, vaccination campaign for children by the German Doctors for Developing Countries in Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia

Patients at Health Clinic

Cuba, Trinidad, High risk pregnant mothers having care at la Maternidad, special health centers where they remain until deliver

Ghana, Volta Region, Hohoe. Midwife nurse with a baby.

Monica is another worrying case of neglected life battling nodding syndrome for 11 years now. 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. Ayom village, Bolo parish, Pader district. Uganda.

Ethiopia Famine

Old man with terminal illnesses at Mukti Bhawan, Indian death hotels

Hospital, camp for Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, Kutupalong, Cox Bazar, Bangladesh, Asia

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

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

Waiting room, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America

Thumbprint signature, traditional midwives, La Taña health center, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Workshop for traditional midwives, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, Central America.

Waiting room, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Crying Palestinian child in clinic

centro de salud de La Taña, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Thumbprint signature Thumbprint signature, traditional midwives, La Tana health center, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22071470

Training course for traditional midwives from the Reyna area, La Taña, Reina area, Uspantán, Quiche, Guatemala.

Waiting room, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Woman with toddler, vaccination campaign for children by the German Doctors for Developing Countries in Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia

centro de salud de lancetillo, La Parroquia, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Training and exchange with traditional midwives, La Taña health center, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America

Mauritius, Rodrigues Island, Seventy Year Old Traditional Birth Attendant With Thirty Five Year Old Woman During Her Fourth Pregnancy.

Workshop for traditional midwives, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, Central America

Young man injects drugs; Dhaka, Bangladesh

Leper using stool as walker, TB and leprosy centre, Manyemen, Cameroon, Africa

Shirodhara, gently pouring oils over the forehead (the 'third eye'), Somatheeram Ayurveda Resort, traditional Ayurvedic medicine spa resort in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, Asia

woman wrapped in bandages as egyptian mummy halloween costume

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

Training course for traditional midwives from the Reyna area, La Taña, Reina area, Uspantán, Quiche, Guatemala.

recien nacido lactante, centro de salud de lancetillo, La Parroquia, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

HEALTH, INDIA. Andhra Pradesh, Rishi Valley. Centre for New Education. Survey into childrens health & nutrition. .

ROSEAU, Dominica (July 31, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. William Hill, from Houston, Texas, an optometrist assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., conducts an eye exam on a patient at a medical site established at the Dominica Grammar School during Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

People take part in earthquake drill at a hospital in Nepal.

Vaccination, Hargaisa, Somalia, Africa

Africa, Uganda, Gulu, Lacor hospital, nurse pushing man in wheelchair

U.S. Army Spc. Sergio Lazaro, a civil affiars specialist with the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion, asks a local woman about the previous medical care the U.S. provided Jun. 21, 2022, in El Caoba, Guatemala. Feedback of the medical event is used to improve both future events of Resolute Sentinel 22 and future exercises.

Folk medicine practitioner, Bomoh, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fabiana, midwife from La Taña, Northern Transversal Strip, Quiché department, Guatemala.

Photo essay in a free clinic in Mali. Vaccination.

Traditional medicine.

Free health clinic run by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Medical consultation. Dr Alain Deloche.

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.

A child in the Garki area of Abuja peeks out from under a Permanet long lasting insecticide treated mosquito net. Sleeping under a mosquito net every night prevents malaria, which is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. Globally, malaria kills 1,000,000 people every year, most of them pregnant women and children under five. NOT MODEL RELEASED. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Workshop for traditional midwives, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, Central America.

Africa, Tanzania, western Tanzania. Tanzanian health workers weigh infant at a village dispensary

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Persatoan oemor and red crosswork PADANG. Padang: Public health in the liberated areas is distinguished by negligence and ignorance during the Republican governance in a very serious crisis. Together with the Dutch Red Cross, the medical service of the Dutch army offers urgent medical help. ----- Dr. Koot of 2 - 14 R.I. To work in a Kampong in the Padangse. August 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Workshop for traditional midwives, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, Central America

Wounded Iraqis in Amman, Jordan

Malaria in Sierra Leone.

Training course for traditional midwives from the Reyna area, La Taña, Reina area, Uspantán, Quiche, Guatemala.

training of indigenous midwives, health center, Lancetillo (La Parroquia), municipality of Uspantán, Quiche, Sierra de Chamá, Guatemala, Central America.

Reiki Master Ramon Quiroz gives Reconnective Healing to a patient dying of cancer in her home in Mexico City

Angle view of pills and tablets on senior woman palm harsh shadows vintage toned Angle view of pills and tablets on senior woman palm harsh shadows vintage toned Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitryxShabanovx 10802519

Workshop for traditional midwives, San Bartolome Jocotenango, Guatemala, Central America

Ayurvedic treatment, Ayurvedic Health Resort Somatheeram, Chowara, Malabar Coast, South India, India, Asia

Pills and water

Patients infected with leprosy waiting in front of the leprosorium in Puri, India.

Woman Stitching Cloths India Asia MR 784A Copyright: xRxModi/DinodiaxPhotox

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Red Cross Activity Semarang. The legs of a boy are cared for by an employee of the Red Cross. July 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Fabiana, midwife from La Taña, Northern Transversal Strip, Quiché department, Guatemala.

Training course for traditional midwives from the Reyna area, La Taña, Reina area, Uspantán, Quiche, Guatemala

A patient waits outside in a make shift waiting area at St. Michael Hospital on January 17, 2010 in Jacmel, Haiti. Jacmel is located on the other side of Haiti with a city population of 50,000. Their Hospital was destroyed by the earthquake and is treating patients outside the hospital. About 350 people have lost their lives in Jacmel due to the earthquake that hit the region on January 12, 2010 according to Emmet Murphy Chief of Party ACDIL VOCA.

sala de espera, centro de salud de lancetillo, La Parroquia, Quiche, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Monkeypox Patient

ONCHOCERIASIS, IVORY COAST. Vicinity Odienne. Farmer blinded by river blindness. This disease has now been brought under control in West Africa by WHOs OCP programme. .

Boy Injured By The 8 October 2005 Earthquake, Chikar, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting refugees in a camp (Environment Japana). Portrait of a heavily injured Indonesian man. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

India, West Bengal, 'Woman Doctor Dispensing Traditional Ayurvedic Medicines At Clinic. Herbal Medicine Is Combined With Massage, Manipulation, And Advice On Diet And Lifestyle.'

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Medical care at Petroleum-Maatschappij Moeara Enim to chort. Moela enim. Sumatra. Healthcare in the liberated areas. Dr. Hoekstra, doctor of the Mil. Medical service, when administering injections. Due to the lack of medical assistance, malignant infectious diseases have widely distributed among the population of the former Republican areas. A boy with violated face gets an injection. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

U.S. Air Force medical personnel create identification tags for all medical personnel and volunteers in support of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 11, 2022. The operation is scheduled for Sept.12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges.

The Honduran Red Cross provides a preventative medicine dental class for children June 2, 2022, in Portillo de la Mora, Honduras. The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element conducted a Global Health Engagement in three different locations in three days treating more than 700 patients in Comayagua, Honduras, providing preventative medicine, triage, general doctors, pharmacy and dental care.

A woman tests for mosquito larvae carrying Malaria.

Medicines to protect against everything at the central market of Manaus, Brazil, South America

Dr. Roger Luncheon, Head Presidential Secretariat Secretary to the Cabinet, is given a tour of the regional hospital at Kumaka by Dr. David Samaroo, a resident physician, highlighting the renovations of the hospital provided by U.S. military engineers and the Guyana Defense Force during first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Georgetown Country: French Guiana (GUF)

Thumbprint signature, traditional midwives, La Taña health center, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Mentawai doctor

Depression woman, mental health and anxiety overwhelmed about life fail, crisis and stress. Above sad, tired and frustrated student with emotional trauma, problem and panic attack from bullying abuse

Training and exchange with traditional midwives, La Taña health center, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Saikan Kathoon, aged 13, has TB and suffers under an acute psychosis and excessive salivation, a side effect of the TB medication, she is treated as an inpatient at a specialist TB clinic, Howrah, Hooghly, West Bengal, India, Asia

Municipality workers performing last rites at a crematorium, who died of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, on April 25, 2021 in Guwahati, India. India on Sunday reported 349,691 new coronavirus infections. A new wave of the pandemic has overwhelmed the country's health care services and has caused crematoriums to operate day and night as the number of victims continues to spiral out of control.

An American doctor listens to an elderly Sri Lankan woman breathe at a clinic, one year after the tsunami, Kalmunai, Sri Lanka.

Leprosy patient, resident of the lepers colony in Puri, India.

India, Kerala, Aleppey, Ayurvedig pharmacy

Mahatma Gandhi receiving massage from Vijayalaxmi Gandhi and his sister Raliatbehn at Rashtriyashala Ashram, Rajkot, Gujarat, India, March 1939 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Pollen allergy (conyza bonriensis) in a 56-year-old woman.

Massage technique using herb pouches, Somatheeram Ayurveda Resort, traditional Ayurvedic medicine spa resort in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, Asia

Mahatma gandhi observing leprosy germs, sevagram ashram, maharashtra, india, asia, 1940 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Teenager preparing to attach a prosthesis in the ear.

Preparing ayurvedic medicine at a clinic in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Municipality workers performing last rites at a crematorium, who died of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, on April 25, 2021 in Guwahati, India. India on Sunday reported 349,691 new coronavirus infections. A new wave of the pandemic has overwhelmed the country's health care services and has caused crematoriums to operate day and night as the number of victims continues to spiral out of control.

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