Today is ‘World No Tobacco Day’.
Check out this theoneminutesjr. video made by 18-year-old Theodor Leftar from Moldova. He really wants to fight smoking…and has an unique way of showing it.
More info: http://www.unicef.org
Today is ‘World No Tobacco Day’.
Check out this theoneminutesjr. video made by 18-year-old Theodor Leftar from Moldova. He really wants to fight smoking…and has an unique way of showing it.
More info: http://www.unicef.org
Zahra Ennaji, age 16, carries a jug of water across the sand towards her family’s nomadic compound in the Sahara Desert near the southern village of Mhamid in Morocco. In addition to performing household chores, Zahra walks 5 km each way to attend a newly built primary school.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2005-2241/Giacomo Pirozzi
The debate over Backpage.com with CNN. I have heard this issue discussed with the head of the Vice Squad here in Phoenix, and he stated that he is torn over the issue. It allows them to find child prostitutes, but it also provides a way to exploit them. I think shutting down Backpage.com’s adult services is treating a symptom of a much larger problem, but at the same time, I cannot believe that the website is still benefiting from the advertisements. Read the whole story here:
http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/10/a-lurid-journey-through-backpage-com/
VIDEO REPORT: Refugee children from Syria remain in limbo
In Turkey, young Syrian refugees are learning to live with a ‘new normal’: caught between a harrowing past and an uncertain future.
Full story: http://uni.cf/JlVran
Haiti Unprepared in the Face of Resurgent Cholera
Cholera cases are on the rise in Haiti following the onset of the rainy season, and the country is not adequately prepared to combat the deadly disease, the international medical humanitarian organization MSF said today.
“Too little has been done in terms of prevention to think that cholera would not surge again in 2012,” said Gaëtan Drossart, MSF head of mission in Haiti. “It is concerning that the health authorities are not better prepared and that they cling to reassuring messages that bear no resemblance to reality. There are many meetings going on between the government, the United Nations and their humanitarian partners, but there are few concrete solutions,” he said.
Photo: Patients affected by cholera receive treatment at an MSF cholera treatment center in Port-au-Prince. Haiti 2011 © Frederik Matte/MSF
100,000 People Without Essential Health Care in North Darfur
MSF Forced to Suspend Lifesaving Medical Activities After Restrictions Imposed on Its Work
As a result of increasing restrictions imposed by Sudanese authorities, MSF has been forced to suspend most of its medical activities in the Jebel Si region of North Darfur State in Sudan.
Increasing obstacles over the past year led to the suspension of MSF’s activities. No shipments of drugs or medical supplies have been authorized since September 2011, and MSF has encountered growing difficulties obtaining work and travel permits for its staff. Transport options to and from Jebel Si have also been drastically reduced. MSF has been the sole health provider in the region.
“With the reduction of our activities in Jebel Si, more than 100,000 people in the region are left entirely without health care,” said Alberto Cristina, MSF operational manager for Sudan. “If we are not allowed to deliver medicines and supplies to our hospital and health posts soon, disease outbreaks are likely to occur, and maternal and prenatal deaths are likely to increase and may even reach emergency levels.”
Photo: Mothers and children at an MSF facility in Jebel Si, where obstacles threaten MSF’s continued operation
Sudan 2012 © MSF
— Trish Newport is working for MSF as a community outreach nurse in Chad. This is her fifth mission for MSF. When not on mission, she lives and works as a nurse in the Yukon, Canada.
Read from her blog. (via doctorswithoutborders)
A man and an injured young boy wait outside the triage ward.
Before the opening of the MSF surgical hospital in Kunduz Province, northern Afghanistan, people in the region suffering from severe injuries had two options. They made the long and dangerous journey to Kabul or Pakistan, or they visited an expensive private clinic. As a result, few patients received the trauma care they needed.
In less than a year, the MSF trauma center, equipped with an emergency room, two operating theaters, and an intensive care unit, has seen more than 3,700 patients. The majority are victims of so-called “general trauma”—road traffic accidents, domestic violence, or civilian gunshot wounds.
More photos: Trauma Care Where There Was None in Northern Afghanistan
Photos: Afghanistan 2012 © Michael Goldfarb/MSF
Abdallah*, 12, undergoes exercises in a specially equipped physical therapy room. He suffered a serious leg fracture in a car accident and receives regular physical therapy.
Before the opening of the MSF surgical hospital in Kunduz Province, northern Afghanistan, people in the region suffering from severe injuries had two options. They made the long and dangerous journey to Kabul or Pakistan, or they visited an expensive private clinic. As a result, few patients received the trauma care they needed.
In less than a year, the MSF trauma center, equipped with an emergency room, two operating theaters, and an intensive care unit, has seen more than 3,700 patients. The majority are victims of so-called “general trauma”—road traffic accidents, domestic violence, or civilian gunshot wounds.
More photos: Trauma Care Where There Was None in Northern Afghanistan
*All patients’ names have been changed.
Photos: Afghanistan 2012 © Michael Goldfarb/MSF
Abdallah* displays his artwork.
Before the opening of the MSF surgical hospital in Kunduz Province, northern Afghanistan, people in the region suffering from severe injuries had two options. They made the long and dangerous journey to Kabul or Pakistan, or they visited an expensive private clinic. As a result, few patients received the trauma care they needed.
In less than a year, the MSF trauma center, equipped with an emergency room, two operating theaters, and an intensive care unit, has seen more than 3,700 patients. The majority are victims of so-called “general trauma”—road traffic accidents, domestic violence, or civilian gunshot wounds.
More photos: Trauma Care Where There Was None in Northern Afghanistan
*All patients’ names have been changed.
Photos: Afghanistan 2012 © Michael Goldfarb/MSF
