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  • [Pakistan] Saudi-funded feeding centre in Muzaffarabad - the kitchen prepares 30,000 hot meals a day for earthquake survivors. [Date picture taken: 01/22/2006]
    Saudi-funded feeding centre in Muzaffarabad - the kitchen prepares 30,000 hot meals a day for earthquake survivors.
  • [Turkmenistan] Many old people have had their pensions cut - forcing them to sell what they can on the streets and in bazaars. [Date picture taken: 01/24/2006]
    Many old people have had their pensions cut - forcing them to sell what they can on the streets and in bazaars
  • [Pakistan] Children near Quetta protesting against ongoing violence that is keeping their school closed [Date picture taken: 01/26/2006]
    Children near Quetta protesting against ongoing violence that is keeping their school closed
  • [Turkmenistan] UN Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, Richard Young. [Date picture taken: 01/26/2006]
    UN Resident Representative in Turkmenistan, Richard Young
  • [Pakistan] US Chinooks ferry food up to quake survivors using the sling method - the quickest way to move the huge amounts of food required by helicopter. [Date picture taken: 01/19/2006]
    Les hélicoptères jouent un rôle important dans les efforts de secours
  • [Pakistan] A Saudi-funded emergency camp for earthquake survivors in Muzaffarabad. [Date picture taken: 01/20/2006]
  • [Nepal] Kathmandu, The anti-election protests has been intensifying over the last two weeks. The state repression against the peaceful demonstrators has been condemned both at home and worldwide. [Date picture taken: 01/31/2006]
    Anti-election, anti-monarchy, protests has been intensifying over the last two weeks
  • Malaria: Killer Number One - February 2006
  • [Pakistan] A victim of violence between tribal militias and security forces at Quetta hospital. [Date picture taken: 01/25/2006]
  • [Iraq] Clothes and blankets donated for the displaced. [Date picture taken: 11/11/2004]
    Clothes and blankets arriving for the displaced
  • [Somalia] Adey Mohamed Nur, who abandoned her village with her two children, as a result of drought in Bakool region. [Date picture taken: 01/28/2006]
    The drought in Somalia has spread to areas previously not drought-prone, displacing thousands of families (file photo)
  • Under the WHO’s 2005 malaria control guide, indoor spraying of DDT has proven to be an effective, if controversial, method in fighting the disease.
    Indoor spraying to control malaria- tried and true, though not tested
  • [Cameroon] The first free HIV/AIDS information line in Cameroon began on October, 27th 2005. [Date picture taken: 01/29/2006]
    «Allo Info Sida» est le premier numero d’appel gratuit sur le VIH/SIDA au Cameroun
  • Studies have proven that up to 50 percent of medically related absenteeism in the sub-Saharan region is due to malaria. This is just another way in which the disease diminishes a country’s human capital.
    Eleven African countries have reported outbreaks of meningitis this year
  • Malaria costs Africa alone an estimated $ 12 billion a year, impeding the growth and prosperity of many sub-Saharan countries.
    Malaria costs Africa an estimated $12 billion a year, impeding the growth and prosperity of many countries
  • Artemisia annua, from which artemisin, the key ingredient in a highly effective antimalarials is extracted. The drug acts as a deadly toxin on the parasite, quickly eradicating the intruder from a patient’s blood stream
  • Most communities consider malaria as part of everyday life. “Malaria here is like background noise,” explains Jane Alaii, a health behavioral scientist in western Kenya.
  • More is needed to overcome the parasitic infection. According to the Roll Back Malaria partnership, in 2005 only $ 600 million was spent out of the $ 3 billion needed annually to fight malaria worldwide.
    Doadores sob observação.
  • A smile to get through it all. Because of the connection between poverty and malaria, and the nature of climate and ecology of tropical Africa, the parasitic infection delivers its heaviest blow on the African continent.
  • There is an international concern about the lack of malaria experts in Africa. Many observers believe that without proper funding, and adequate facilities, the best researchers will continue to leave the continent.
    A malaria expert at work. Many observers believe that without proper funding, and adequate facilities, the best researchers will continue to leave the continent
  • Community participation and education strategies are a vital step in the fight against malaria, which remains the number one killer in most sub-Saharan countries.
  • Many of those who live in the most endemic regions are unaware of the nature and severity of malaria. Appropriate communication strategies have to be implemented to effectively combat the disease by raising awareness.
  • Malaria has become one of the world’s most neglected diseases in terms of those directly affected by the parasitic infection, the wealthy donor nations, and the major pharmaceutical companies.
    Treating malaria with commercial medicine is expensive and not always viable; hence the need for more research into traditional, plant-based options (file photo)
  • Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of children every year. Most are under age five. Ninety percent are from sub-Saharan Africa.
    Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of children every year. Most are under age five. Ninety percent are from sub-Saharan Africa
  • [Angola] Empty beds at the MSF/ICCT sleeping sickness project in Caxito [January 2006]
  • [Ghana] According to studies, the most efficient way to avoid malaria is to sleep under the protection of a bed net. The dilemma is that many cannot afford such a precaution. In Ghana, where nearly 80 percent of the population live on less than $ 2 a day,
    Ghana has kicked off a national health campaign that includes distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets to all children under the age of two. Studies show that sleeping under a treated net can greatly reduce chances of contracting malaria.
  • [Zambia] Malaria remains Zambia’s number one killer and a catalyst for poverty, as household struggle to support family members afflicted with the disease.
  • [DRC] Malaria treatment is still too expensive for most families in DRC; most will try traditional remedies against the disease, and will only seek out modern medical care as a last chance, often too late.
    The public has been urged to use nets as the disease could be spread by the Aedes mosquito
  • [Somalia] Dry water catchment area in Isdorto village, near Wajid in southern Somalia. [Date picture taken: 01/26/2006]
    Dry water catchment area in southern Somalia
  • [Kenya] Some leaves of Artemisia annua, from which artemisinin-the key ingredient in a highly effective group of antimalarials is extracted.
    Some leaves of Artemisia annua from which artemisinin, the key ingredient in a highly effective group of antimalarials, is extracted (file photo)
  • [Tanzania] It is young children and pregnant women who are the most vulnerable to malaria. In Zanzibar alone, the parasitic infection accounts for a staggering 42 percent of mortality in children under five.
    Women are particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS
  • [Somalia] Nourir Yusuf Ahmed, who walked miles to escape drought, with her family, at an IDP camp near Wajid, southern Somalia. [Date picture taken: 01/26/2006]
    Somalia is currently in the grip of a severe drought

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