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Images of medical volunteers providing dental and vaccination services in diverse settings, showcasing teamwork and community healthcare.

Snoring treatment by laser CO2, Foch hospital, Suresnes, France.

Obstetric examination with ultrasound, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

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Colombia , Piraparana, San Miguel, Anthrpolologist and doctor Christine Hugh-Jones checks health of a local Tukano indian.

221115-N-TR141-1368 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 15, 2022) Stephanie Hernandez and Laura Ramirez Cardona, medical residents of dermatology in Colombia, and Lt. Cmdr. Shayna Rivard, from Poland Springs, Maine, a dermatologist assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), remove a nevus from a patient during Continuing Promise 2022 at a medical site set up in the Sports Coliseum of Combat and Gymnastics, 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.

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

Asia, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Falcon Hospital

A 90-year-old man is vaccinated against COVID-19 (COVISHIELD) at a Government Hospital on March 23, 2021, in Guwahati, India. Starting from 1 April, people above 45 years old will be able to take vaccines against novel coronavirus, Union minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Tuesday. India, the second-most populous country in the world, has administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 30.6 million people till March 18, 2021.

Pfc. Edgardo Aremas of the Joint Task Force - Puerto Rico administers a COVID-19 test in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, May 24, 2022. The Puerto Rico National Guard continued to assist the Department of Health to carry out Covid-19 tests throughout the island.

Emergency Department, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - U.S. Army veterinary professionals conduct a dog examination during a veterinary direct care clinic at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 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.

POMBAL, Brazil (Feb. 21, 2019) Lt. John Sullivan performs an ultrasound examination during a medical clinic in Pombal, Brazil, Feb. 21, 2019. The visit marks the sixth stop of a month-long mission by four U.S. Navy physicians and their Brazilian Navy counterparts embarked aboard the Brazilian navy Oswaldo Cruz-class hospital ship NAsH Carlos Chagas (U 19) to exchange medical expertise and to bring medical care to isolated communities along the Amazon River.

Doctor, ngo and stethoscope with child outdoor for healthcare outreach, community service and volunteer. Medical aid program, welfare missionary and non profit organization with kids for charity

Ultrasound pregnancy test, health center, Lancetillo (La Parroquia), municipality of Uspantán, Quiche, Sierra de Chamá, Guatemala, Central America.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 30, 2022) Dr. Daniel Rivera, right, Dominican Republic Minister of Health, takes a photo with a patient during a tour of hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2022, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Nov. 30, 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.

People return after vaccinations during the coronavirus vaccination campaign at MAG Osmani Medical College & Hospital- Vaccination Center. The second dose of the Covid-19 vaccination drive started on April 08th 2021. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

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PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua (May 20, 2015) Navy dentists, hospital corpsmen and volunteers from the University of California San Diego Pre-Dental Society conduct dental exams on patients at a medical site at Colegio Moravo Juan Amos Comenius 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.

Reportage on the Jeunes Pousses, a follow-up care and pneumo-pediatric rehabilitation unit specialising in climate therapy for asthma. The centre is located in Briançon, Frances highest town, which is part of WHOs Healthy Cities programme. At this altitude the oxygen partial pressure is reduced which has a positive effect on the cardio-vascular system. The concentration of allergens is also reduced. Briançon is one of the top places for high-altitude climate therapy due to its hours of sunlight, almost total lack of fog, its very low hygrometry, its almost total lack of dust mites, the scarcity of damp, its short pollen season and a very low levels of pollution. The children spend the morning and evening in the infirmary to take their medication.

Vietnamese traditional medicine clinic. Acupuncture. Cu Chi. Vietnam.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 6, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Hallen Joya, from Guam, center right, teaches CPR techniques to local healthcare providers during a Basic Life Support (BLS) course at the City Coliseum 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.

tratamiento de insuficiencia respiratoria infantil, La Taña, zona Reina, Uspantán, Quiche, Guatemala, Central America.

Tam Duc Heart Hospital. Doppler echocardiogram. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

Asia, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Falcon Hospital

5th year medical students during an IV placement workshop. Students train on an arterial arm allowing arterial and venous puncture for blood sampling. The arm allows work on the Cephalic, basilic, radial and cubital veins as well as the radial and brachial arteries for infusion and blood sampling. Training in putting on a tourniquet.

Smiling patient with doctor looking at nurse in medical room

Manicure and pedicure beauty salon. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

Manicure and pedicure beauty salon. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (August 1, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Jose Garcia, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, demonstrates viral detection capabilities aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) to medical students from Puerto Princesas health office 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.

Giant panda cub with researcher (Ailuropoda melancoleuca) Bifengxia Giant Panda Base, CCRCGP, Ya'an, Sichuan, China, October 2009

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The body of an elderly man, recently deceased. Hospital.

TUY HOA, Vietnam (June 21, 2022) - U.S Navy Sailors and a Royal Australian Air Force member facilitate a Basic Life Support subject matter expert exchange with Vietnamese medical professionals at the Traditional Medicine Hospital in Phu Yen 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.

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

Reportage in an ear, nose and throat clinic. Test with a tuning fork.

Army Major Melissa Pietrice, Physician's Assistant, Medical Readiness Detachment, Delaware National Guard administers anesthesia to a patient in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 14 2022. Tropicare 2022 provides real world training in a joint civil and military environment while strengthening community relationships by providing medical, dental, and optometry services to the people of Hawai'i.

Woman directing the pedicurist at a parlor

Vietnamese traditional medicine clinic. Acupuncture. Cu Chi. Vietnam.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 1, 2005 -- Evacuees and hospital patients arrive at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

Reportage on volunteers with the French charity, Gynecologists Without Borders who work in refugee camps near Calais in the north of France. Appointment with a gynecologist, a midwife and a translator.

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Medical STAFF at the Hellenic (Greek) Army's field hospital examine an X-ray. The field hospital is located near the Army's headquarters in Waajid. This hospital is part of the Greek contingent. Base: Waajid Country: Somalia (SOM)

A hospital corpsman applies an adhesive bandage to a child's knee in an ambulance at the station's enlisted beach. Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TUY HOA, Vietnam (June 27, 2022) - Lt. Kimberly Kozlowski, a U.S. Navy ICU nurse from Saline, Michigan, presents information on mechanical ventilators during a subject matter expert exchange event with Vietnamese nurses at Phu Yen General Hospital 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.

110630-F-ET173-095PUERTO SAN JOSE, Guatemala (June 30, 2011) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Shannon Sensenig, from Terre Hill, Penn., checks a patient's temperature at the Los Angeles surgical screening site during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

United Kingdom Royal Navy Surg. Lt. Laura Skyrme examines a patient�s back during a medical civic action program in Sofifi, Indonesia, on July 20, 2010. Mercy is in the North Maluku Islands conducting Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise aimed at strengthening regional partnerships.

A dog is getting treatment and a vaccination on World Zoonoses Day in the State Veterinary Hospital at Agartala. World Zoonoses day is observed on July 6th each year to bring awareness about diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans and to commemorate the day when Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first vaccine against Rabies virus on July 6, 1885. Agartala, Tripura, India.

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A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Corbevax Covid-19 preventive vaccine to a student in the age group of 12 to 14 years at a school. Agartala, Tripura, India.

A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 (COVISHIELD) at Gauhati Medical College Hospital on March 23, 2021, in Guwahati, India. Starting from 1 April, people above 45 years old will be able to take vaccines against novel coronavirus, Union minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Tuesday. India, the second-most populous country in the world, has administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 30.6 million people till March 18, 2021.

The United States delivers 3.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Indonesia on November 22, 2021.

Abhyanga oil massage, Ayurvedic treatment, Bethsaida Hermitage near Kovalam, Kerala, southern India, India, Asia

Medical training for traditional midwives, Lancetillo health center, La Parroquia, Quiche, Republic of Guatemala, Central America

Portrait of a depressed Cuban man and an admitted abuser of pharmaceutical drugs in his apartment.

Photo essay with an Emergency Medical Service team of Pontoise hospital (France). 18-month-old baby having convultions due to fever.

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Soldiers with the Arizona Army National Guard Medical Detachment and Phoenix Children's Hospital personnel triage actor patients June 29 at the Phoenix Children's Hospital. The joint military and civilian mass-casualty exercise fulfilled the Medical Detachments training requirement to provide 24 hour field care as well as built relationships with partner civilian agencies in the Phoenix metro area.

TARLAC, Philippines (August 3, 2022) - U.S. Navy Ensign Victor Potente, from San Diego, left, and Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lieutenant Samantha Warren, right, teach CPR techniques to local healthcare workers during a Healthcare Worker Education event at Barangay San Rafael Hall 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.

inlay stitching, traditional slaughter of the Mallorcan black pig, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Doctor in the operating room in the hospital of Munshiganshi, Bangladesh, Asia

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexsis Green, a dental assistant, with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022, hands out toothbrushes to children at Hospital Regional de Occidente in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Aug. 24, 2022. One of the goals of HEART 22 was to join with partner nations to promote the well-being of local communities together.

Abhyanga oil massage, Ayurvedic treatment, Bethsaida Hermitage near Kovalam, Kerala, southern India, India, Asia

VIAOLA, Tonga (June 20, 2013) New Zealand Army Sgt. Richard Gill trains nursing students on proper CPR techniques at the Viola Hospital during a Pacific Partnership 2013 nursing conference. Working at the invitation of each host nation, Pacific Partnership is joined by partner nations that include Australia, Canada, Colombia, France, Japan, Malaysia Singapore, South Korea and New Zealand to strengthen disaster response preparedness around the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Reportage in a naturopaths practice in France. The naturopath uses electroacupuncture. Like traditional acupuncture, this technique is based on Chinese medicine principles. Electroacupuncture uses electrodes instead of needles, stimulation of a point is produced by applying a micro-current. The first stage of the protocol consists of carrying out an energy assessment on all the energy channels. The second stage is an energy rebalance.

As his assistant holds a flashlight, a U.S. Navy dentist examines a Kurdish woman's teeth at a field dental clinic near Zakhu, Iraq. The dentist and his assistant are attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), which is taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and Southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Nepal, Sangha, Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre

Vietnamese traditional medicine clinic. Acupuncture. Cu Chi. Vietnam.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) - Pfc. Nelson Rush, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, left, and Specialist Alexandra James, from Ormond Beach, Florida, give a puppy medication during a veterinary direct care clinic at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 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.

Free health and dental clinic by Remote Area Medical during the week of August 19, 2009, Los Angeles, California

Patient wearing oxygen mask with healthcare workers in medical room

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

PHU YEN, Vietnam (June 27, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Anthony Aguinaldo, from San Antonio, Texas, right, and Vietnamese Technician Tien Huynh, from the Department of Material and Equipment Supplying, perform maintenance on a ventilator at Phu Yen Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22). Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Patient with dentist choosing dental braces, Dental patient choosing dental braces, Patient with dentist choosing colored rubber band

Sylhet, Bangladesh. 7th June 2023. Accident victims receiving emergency treatment at the MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Fourteen people were killed in a collision between a pickup van carrying laborers and a cargo truck in the Nazirbazar area of South Surma on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Sylhet.

Humacao, Puerto Rico, Feb. 15, 2013 From left to right: Luis Cirino Rivera, Freddy Rosa Garc¡a and Gabriela Rodr¡guez Boria put in practice basic medical skills to immobilize a survivor's ankle, learned during the CERT training.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Nurse injecting COVID-19 vaccine to municipal police personnel. Covid 19 vaccination center in Abbeville (80), Pfizer vaccine.

Senior doctor talking to other doctors

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Rescue team treating injuries in the field

Second dose of COVID-19 vaccine for category A3 (senior citizen and person with comorbidity) here in FilOil Flying V Stadium, San Juan City. The Philippines reached its 1 million mark of covid cases last April 26 while only about 0.99 percent of the country's estimated 110 million population have at least one shot of the vaccine and only 0.15 percent who have received two doses. Philippines.

TUY HOA, Vietnam (June 29, 2022) - Rear Adm. Mark Melson, Commander, Task Force 73 (CTF 73), speaks to nurses at Phu Yen General Hospital during a tour of the Vietnamese hospital 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.

Vet with mask and gloves preparing medicine for the horse, front view, grove of trees in the background

An Indonesian medical officer wearing a face mask during sprays disinfectant at Adisucipto International Airport on March 16, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Indonesia continues to increase. Indonesia confirmed 134 cases of corona virus, and five killed. The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Lockdown not yet an option for Indonesia, says President. (Photo by Devi Rahman/INA Photo Agency/Universal Images Group)

Nutritionist evaluating a patient on a bioimpedance scale. Nutritionist man evaluating patient woman on scale to measure body fat

Free health and dental clinic by Remote Area Medical during the week of August 19, 2009, Los Angeles, California

MAYAPO, Colombia (March 26, 2017) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Billy Gibson, assigned to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., performs a dental cleaning on a Colombian patient during Continuing Promise 2017 (CP-17) in Mayapo, Colombia. CP-17 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 assistance, training engagements, and medical, dental, and veterinary support to Central and South America.

Pontiac, Michigan, Demonstrators outside St. Joseph Mercy Hospital protest parent corporation Trinity Health's Covid-19 vaccination requirement for all of its hospital workers. The requirement is effective September 21 and applies to 117, 000 employees in 22 states

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