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  • Health workers administer an oral cholera vaccine
    Volunteers administer cholera vaccines to people in Rohingya refugee camps. Many of the volunteer teams walk hours into the camps to distribute the vaccine.
  • A man grimaces
    Noor Mohammed grimaces as he receives treatment at a dysentery clinic run by Medical Teams International.
  • Women lie on hospital beds
    Patients recover at a new dysentery clinic in a Rohingya refugee settlement in Kutupalong camp, Bangladesh.
  • MSF’s clinic for drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of only two such facilities in the entire country. Patients receive a rapid diagnosis and can complete a full treatment regime.
  • Equipment used to test for TB
    Specialist equipment brought to Kandahar can now identify specific strains of tuberculosis on the spot. Previously, smear samples had to be sent to the capital, Kabul, or to Europe. 
  • Health workers attend to patients at a tuberculosis clinic in Kandahar, Afghanistan
    MSF’s clinic for drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of only two such facilities in the entire country. Patients receive a rapid diagnosis and can complete a full treatment regime.
  • Women wearing burqa
    Women wearing traditional burqa receive information about tuberculosis screening at the entrance of Kandahar's main government hospital.
  • The rugged landscape of Kandahar, Afghanistan
    The rugged landscape of Kandahar, where the Taliban maintain a firm presence outside of major urban centres and much of the rural population is cut off from regular healthcare.
  • The landslide triggered by Maria flowed down Pointe Michele’s ravine, taking houses and trees into the sea.
    The landslide triggered by Maria caused a landslide that flowed down Pointe Michel’s ravine, taking houses and trees into the sea
  • Salome Raqiyawa at her home
    Salome Raqiyawa’s village in Fiji was hit by cyclones, drought, and floods during 2016. This year, another lengthy drought means she has to fetch water from a nearby river, which overflowed and submerged most of her village only a few months before.
  • Tristan Lewis lost his father and home during Tropical Storm Erika two years ago. After working hard since then to get back on his feet, his house was nearly destroyed again by Hurricane Maria’s category 5 winds
  • Thiona Joseph sits with her daughters on her aunt’s stoop on Cork Street. While disagrees with Dominicans opting to abandon the island at such a critical moment, Thiona has chosen instead to stay and help rebuild the island
  • Thiona Joseph sits with her daughters on her aunt’s stoop on Cork Street. While disagrees with Dominicans opting to abandon the island at such a critical moment, Thiona has chosen instead to stay and help rebuild the island
  • Thiona Joseph sits with her daughters on her aunt’s stoop on Cork Street. While disagrees with Dominicans opting to abandon the island at such a critical moment, Thiona has chosen instead to stay and help rebuild the island
  • The Sandy sisters wait on the dock ferry before sailing to St Lucia. An outbreak of diarrhea is spreading quickly through their village, prompting their flight from the island
  • Though mostly calm, tensions occasionally flare up as the sun beats down on travelers trying to get on the sole ferry to St Lucia
  • A mother grows frustrated when authorities at the military manned port refuse her and her children entry
  • At least 15,000 people are confirmed to have left the island after Maria. Either for a short period or an indeterminate return date. Those who stay worry that the people who are leaving might never come back
  • A devastated coconut plantation devastated by Hurricane Maria. Agriculture represents Dominica’s second industry
  • A laid off hotel worker looks out onto the debris strewn beach of Mero. Before Maria, tourism was Dominica’s main source of income
  • Volunteers use fire hoses to clear mud from the streets of Roseau
  • Fell trees and torn roof paneling litter the ravines of a village in Dominica.
    Fell trees and torn roof paneling litter the ravines of a village in Dominica
  • Kenny Charles stands guard of Salybia primary school, now serving as a displaced people’s shelter in the Kalinoga Territory
  • Vendors resume the sale of local staple foods. The devastation was such that not even the cassava roots survived Maria’s path
  • A mother brushes her daughter’s hair as the pre-storm routine slowly resumes. Classes, however, remain halted
  • Mervin Henderson stands in a neighbour’s house destroyed by the Pointe Michel landslide
  • Woman herding goats
    Goats can be picky eaters. Getting the right kind of grass often entails long journeys

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