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Healthcare in Africa

Documentaries focusing on healthcare services in various African settings. Images of doctors and patients illustrate the challenges and community care.

A young mother and her child in Basse Health centre, Gambia
A young mother and her child in Basse Health centre, Gambia
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040514-M-4688C-010. US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) David A. Weiss, surgeon, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), attempts to get a young Thai patient to open his mouth wide during a preliminary checkup inside the temporary medical clinic set up at a Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, Thailand. The MSSG-31 is working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a temporary clinic established at Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, in Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2004.
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Central America, Honduras, Roatan, Stone Castle, Cameo Factory, artist engraving cameo
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Doctor, volunteer and portrait with child outdoor for healthcare outreach, community service or ngo. Medical aid program, welfare missionary or non profit organization with kids and woman for charity
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Cmdr. Michael Cunningham, a pediatric cardiologist, from Chesapeake, Virginia, provides medical care during Continuing Promise 2022 at a medical site in Jeremie, Haiti, Dec. 12, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of CP22, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
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Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan, close-up portrait of mouth and lips (MR)
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A Ghanaian nurse assigned to the 6th Infantry Battalion conducts a preliminary eye exam 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.
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A student of Netaji Subhash Vidyaniketan High School is taking a deworming tablet during the special program "Mukhyamantri Sustho Shoishob, Sustho Kaishore Abhiyan (MSSSKA 7.0)" in Agartala. Tripura, India.
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Male nurse carrying a disabled man with his Chihuahua. Personal assistance, 016278_033
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An Air Force medical technician examines a young boy's arm during a routine childhood physical examination. Country: South Korea
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Volunteer, doctor and stethoscope with child for community outreach, listen and accountability for wellness. People, boy and pediatrician with exam, charity or test for social responsibility at park
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Dajeuhkolot (Bandoeng sector). Medical team of the Red Cross. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Reportage in a health center in Lome, Togo. Ophthalmologic consultation.
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A young girl from Delhi waits to be fitted with hearing aids at the Starkey Hearing Foundation's mission site at the Hyatt Regency.
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Kiryangondo refugee camp. Malnutrition prevention program run by Concern worldwide.
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020824-F-2706D-027. Subject Operation/Series: MEDFLAG 2002 Base: Soroti Country: Uganda (UGA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Nurse Examining Infant with Mother and Child Receiving Prenatal and Postnatal Care, Okeechobee Migratory Labor Camp, Belle Glade, Florida, USA, Marion Post Wolcott for Farm Security Administration, June 1940
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221115-N-LP924-1013 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 15, 2022) Young mothers and their children await medical care provided by the staff assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) as part of Continuing Promise 2022 at Juan Fe in Cartagena, Colombia, Nov. 15, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
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Volunteer doctor, stethoscope and portrait for social responsibility, child or accountability for wellness at park. Man, boy and pediatrician for exam, charity or test for community outreach event
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Lt. (Dr.) Anne Jarret, an audiologist from the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), completes an ear examination of a young Indonesian patient during a medical civic action program in Abmon, Indonesia, on July 27, 2010. The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Ambon participating in Sail Banda 2010, a series of events hosted by the Government of Indonesia to promote the future of small islands. Mercy�s participation features medical and dental care clinics and construction projects in and around Ambon, as well as on Seram Island.
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Peace Corps Volunteer Mary Thopmson Doing TB Control Work Carrasco, Bolivia
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A young girl from Delhi hears for the first time with a little help from SHF's founder and CEO.
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Young Nurse Comforting An Infant Dying Of Hiv/Aids, Manica, Mozambique, Africa
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AIDS Prevention Campaign Poster.
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Woman applying moisturizeron adult daughters hand
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French NGO : La Chaine de l'Espoir. Humanitarian Medicine. Togo.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, meet with patients and health workers, at the Buguruni Health Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on June 12, 2011.