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  • Doofan Yende squeezes out a drop of blood from a child's finger to perform a HIV/Aids speed test. 120 children were tested in an afternoon, all of them proved negative. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • Doofan Yende, an EVA volunteer greets children coming to be HIV tested as part of EVA Youth World. EVA provide HCT in three rural communities near Makurdi in Benue state. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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  • An Alola health worker help a woman breast feed her new born baby in the maternity ward. Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Gelina is 15 min old and it's her first time to latch on to her mother's breast to feed. Health worker Santina help the mother, Gintown Rodrigues, and baby to connect and there are no problems, Gelina happily drinks away.the Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Health worker Santina feed 1 day old Maria colostrum milk collected from her mother, Flaviana.  Flaviana gave birth to baby girl Maria the day before but the Maria has fever and kept in the ante-natal ward. Flaviana is still not well enough to go to the ward and breast feed after giving birth by cesarian.Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Muncia is putting his baby daughter back in her cot in the hospital. She is 6 days old and under observation because two previous babies by his wife Laura died as new born. Laura and Muncia believe they died due to bad breast milk but the hospital does not agree and doctors are trying to work out why. Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Health worker Santina pump out milk from Laura, not to feed her new born baby but to relieve the pressure. Laura and her husband Muncia had a baby 6 days earlier but are unwilling to breast feed the baby because they have lost two babies in the past and they blame the breast milk. Doctors at the hospital finally established that there is nothing wrong her milk but they still opted for powder milk, a very difficult decision and not recommended by Alola or the hospital. Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor-Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Robert, with no TB. Robert is a keen painter and makes drawings from all over London. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.
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  • Robert stands inside the x-ray unit in the van with the door closed while radiographer Jane operates the x-ray machine.  The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Seamus has had his lungs x-rayed and the x-ray shows no TB. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Seamus has his chest x-rayed sitting in his wheel chair.  The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Radiographer Jane helps Seamus out of his coat and help him settle in to have his chest x-rayed. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Jane from Find and Treat outside the MXU van talking to a woman about TB. The woman had an x-ray and showed no sign of TB. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat
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  • Mohamed after his x-ray and Jane from Find and Treat outside the MXU van. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Michael, one of the users at St Paul's drop-in has had his lungs x-rayed and the x-ray shows  no TB. Diana, the van's radiographer explains to hime how the lungs and heart connect inside the chest. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Michael stands inside the x-ray unit in the van with the door closed. The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Mohamed stands inside the x-ray unit in the van getting ready to have his chest x-rayed. The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Mohamed with x-rays showing healthy lungs. Diana, the van's radiographer shows Mohamed the image of his x-rayed lungs and explains to him that he does not have TB. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Mohamed stands inside the x-ray unit in the van with his chest against the x-ray plate and door closed. The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • A homeless man has just had his chest x-rayed and radiographer Diana is reading the image on screen which comes up immediately after exposure. She shows him his lungs and explains that he does not have TB. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians.The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat..
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  • Flaviana breast feeding her new born baby, Maria, helped by Alola health worker Beatrize. Flaviana gave birth to Maria the day before but because Maria had fever she was kept in the ante-natal ward while Flaviana was recovering from cesarian. This is their first attempt to connect and for Maria to breast feed and with the help of Beatrize they succeed.  Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Health worker Santina feed 1 day old Maria colostrum milk collected from her mother, Flaviana.  Flaviana gave birth to baby girl Maria the day before but the Maria has fever and kept in the ante-natal ward. Flaviana is still not well enough to go to the ward and breast feed after giving birth by cesarian.Infant mortality rates are very high in Timor-Leste and one of the reasons for that is poor nutrition. Alola advocate breast feeding till at least two years old and teach women about nutritious supplements such as boiled and mashed rice w vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.vegetables and eggs.  Fundasaun Alola is a not for profit non government organization operating in Timor Leste to improve the lives of women and children. Founded in 2001 by the then First Lady, Ms Kirsty Sword Gusmao, the organization seeks to nurture women leaders and advocate for the rights of women.
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  • Diana from Find and Treat shows Jeffrey his x-ray image which shows no TB. his x-ray. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • George from the MXU van team helps Seamus down from the van after he has had his chest x-rayed. The results showed no sign of TB. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Mohamed stands inside the x-ray unit in the van with the door closed. The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • A volunteer at the drop-in centre and a user on their cigaret break. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Lancashire community family launch event of the Roling Resistance 30 day campaign. Dr Frank Rugman, retired medical consultant. Co-author of the MedAct report on fracking and health.
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  • Lancashire community family launch event of the Roling Resistance 30 day campaign. Dr Frank Rugman, retired medical consultant. Co-author of the MedAct report on fracking and health.
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  • Lancashire community family launch event of the Roling Resistance 30 day campaign. Dr Frank Rugman, retired medical consultant. Co-author of the MedAct report on fracking and health.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining about HIV/AIDS and how to protect oneself from being infected.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is using a model of the female genitalia to explain the procedure to the young students, some of them who will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining about HIV/AIDS and how to protect oneself from being infected.Here a teacher is using a model of the female genitalia to explain the procedure to the young students, some of whom will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a group of midwives, who also perform the FGM, discuss how best to change the trditional way of rites of passage for girls to a less bloody and less dangerous way. They have all been through the procedure and has performed many themselves and are keen to change the tradition.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining about HIV/AIDS and how to protect oneself from being infected.Here a teacher is using a model of the female genitalia to explain the procedure to the young students, some of whom will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining the procedure to the young students, some of whom will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • Dhaka, Bangladesh. .The Stars Foundation visiting CSID..Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) is a charity working for intergrating disabled children into mainstream society. Selim, next to his father is 3 years old. He lost a foot in a train accident when he was 1 years old and lives in a shack by the rail way track in Tejgaon. He goes to a CSID pre-school and CSID gives medical vcare when needed. His father is a rickshaw driver who makes around £3/day after he has paid off his rickshaw. The mother has a vegetable selling business and they take care of the kids in shifts.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a group of midwives, who also perform the FGM, discuss how best to change the trditional way of rites of passage for girls to a less bloody and less dangerous way. They have all been through the procedure and has performed many themselves and are keen to change the tradition.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining about HIV/AIDS and how to protect oneself from being infected.
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  • The Stars Foundation visiting S.A.F.E in the Loita Hills near the Tanzanian border in Kenya...It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is mainly a thetra group is also working local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  liflong medical and psychological implications. Here a teacher is explaining the procedure to the young students, some of whom will soon be facing their own rite of passage.
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  • A teacher uses a model of the female genitalia to explain the procedure of FGM to the young students, some of them who will soon be facing their own rite of passage. FGM is a traditional rite of passage for girls into womanhood. FGM has many forms in Kenya, in the Loita Hills FGM involves that the girl's clitoris and inner and outer labia is cut of, an extremely painful and dangerous procedure with  lifelong medical and psychological implications. <br />
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It is mainly Maasais who live in the Loita Hills up above the Serengeti plains. They live in small villages and communities called bomas and live mainly of raising and selling live stock such as cattle and goats. Its a very remote region in Kenya, hard to get to without a four wheel drive with very little infrastructure and up till 2010 no mobile phone network. The Maasais are well known though out Kenya and the world for their colorful clothing and their way of keeping their old traditions alive...The charity S.A.F.E which is a theater group also works with local partners in educating youngsters about HVI/AIDS and Female Genital Mutilation.
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  • X-ray computed tomography, also Computed tomography (CT scan) or Computed axial tomography (CAT scan), can be used for medical imaging and industrial imaging methods employing tomography created by computer processing.[1] Digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation.[2] Source:Wikipedia.
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  • The activist volunteer medic asleep in fornt of his first aid station outside the Natwest bank in St. Paul's Square.The London Stock Exchange was attempted occypied in solidarity with Occupy Wall in Street in New York and in protest againts the economic climate, blamed by many on the banks. Police managed to keep people away fro the Patornoster Sqaure and the Stcok Exchange and thousands of protestors stayid in St. Paul's Square, outside St Paul's Cathedral. Many camped getting ready to spend the night in the square.
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  • 13 local activists locked themselves in specially made arm tubes to block the entrance to Quadrilla's drill site in New Preston Road, July 03 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Medics attending Alana MMcCullogh are asked to attend another, hurt by police. The 13 activists included 3 councillors; Julie Brickles, Miranda Cox and Gina Dowding and Nick Danby, Martin Porter, Jeanette Porter,  Michelle Martin, Louise Robinson,<br />
Alana McCullough, Nick Sheldrick, Cath Robinson, Barbara Cookson, Dan Huxley-Blyth. The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.
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  • Thomas Mungoe at the TB clinic in Homerton University Hospital. Lorna Iqbal Clader and Thomas Mungoe both suffer from tuberculosis and find it very hard to keep up with the 6 months of the rigorous treatment regime. The tb clinic at Homerton University Hospital make daily visits to their shared flat making sure they take their medication.  Both were very ill and Thomas near death due to added HIV complications when they were admitted to hospital and he still suffers from malnutrition general break down of bodily funtions. Lorna is on prescribed methadone treatment, trying to kick a heroin habbit and various other substance abuses and her constant battle with depression is wearing her down. With a lot of help from the NHS and various social services they slowly manage to rebuild their lives and and get back on their feet.
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  • 13 local activists locked themselves in specially made arm tubes to block the entrance to Quadrilla's drill site in New Preston Road, July 03 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Medics attending an activist hurt by police. The 13 activists included 3 councillors; Julie Brickles, Miranda Cox and Gina Dowding and Nick Danby, Martin Porter, Jeanette Porter,  Michelle Martin, Louise Robinson,<br />
Alana McCullough, Nick Sheldrick, Cath Robinson, Barbara Cookson, Dan Huxley-Blyth. The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.
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  • 13 local activists locked themselves in specially made arm tubes to block the entrance to Quadrilla's drill site in New Preston Road, July 03 2017, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Medics attending an activist hurt by police. The 13 activists included 3 councillors; Julie Brickles, Miranda Cox and Gina Dowding and Nick Danby, Martin Porter, Jeanette Porter,  Michelle Martin, Louise Robinson,<br />
Alana McCullough, Nick Sheldrick, Cath Robinson, Barbara Cookson, Dan Huxley-Blyth. The blockade is a repsonse to the emmidiate drilling for shale gas, fracking, by the fracking company Quadrilla. Lancashire voted against permitting fracking but was over ruled by the conservative central Government. All the activists have been active in the struggle against fracking for years but this is their first direct action of peacefull protesting. Fracking is a highly contested way of extracting gas, it is risky to extract and damaging to the environment and is banned in parts of Europe . Lancashire has in the past experienced earth quakes blamed on fracking.
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  • Lorna Iqbal Clader and Thomas Mungoe both suffer from tuberculosis and find it very hard to keep up with the 6 months of the rigorous treatment regime. The tb clinic at Homerton University Hospital make daily visits to their shared flat making sure they take their medication.  Both were very ill and Thomas near death due to added HIV complications when they were admitted to hospital and he still suffers from malnutrition general break down of bodily funtions. Lorna is on prescribed methadone treatment, trying to kick a heroin habbit and various other substance abuses and her constant battle with depression is wearing her down. With a lot of help from the NHS and various social services they slowly manage to rebuild their lives and and get back on their feet.
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  • Dhaka, Bangladesh. .The Stars Foundation visiting CSID..Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) is a charity working for intergrating disabled children into mainstream society.  The three girls, Rabia,18, Munni,15 and Sabia,13, work at home making saris. A factory out-let has commissioned the work. It  take s2 weeks to make a sari and they get £3 /sari each. Rabia and Munni are sister and both suffer from Reumatic Arthritis and sitting down working 9 hours/ day seven days a week only makes their condition worse. Sabia wants to go to school but both Rabia and Muni prefer not to go out. Their disability has made them very shy, they cant walk properly and standing up Rabia is now only the size of a 10 year old. Her father says that if they were to go to school, who would then pay for their medication, not to mention the loss of income they generate...best to stay at home he says.
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