2. A patient being treated in a Sudanese hospital for sleeping sickness. The disease is caused by one ot the parasites whose life-cycles we need to understand better if we are to contol them Subject(s): InjectionsPhysiciansWorld Health Organization
3. A traditional midwife, the dia, makes her first delivery after being retrained in the fundamentals of safer childbirth. Meanwhile, a neighbour bangs on a tin tray in time-honoured fashion to make the baby cry Subject(s): MidwiferyNurse MidwivesParturitionWorld Health Organization
4. Aerial view of the Ndola Hospital complex in Zambia, which will house a research centre for WHO's Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases Subject(s): HospitalsWorld Health Organization
5. For these boys at an Indian school, early preventive treatment for incipient trachoma will probably safeguard their young eyesight for a whole lifetime Subject(s): Health PersonnelHealth PromotionChildPublic HealthWorld Health Organization
6. The last case of smallpox on the Asian sub-continent, discovered on 16 October 1975, was a little girl living in Bangladesh. This was also the last known case of the more virulent form of smallpo, variola major Subject(s): BangladeshChildWorld Health Organization
8. Public health nurse checks blood pressure of an elderly patient. Such routine checks will help to reduce the threat of heart attacks and strokes in this high-risk area of Finland Subject(s): AgedCardiovascular DiseasesPublic HealthNursesEquipment and SuppliesWorld Health Organization
9. This little boy is having an eye check-up which should ensure that any threat to his sight is recognized in time and prevented. Many thousands of less fortunate children go blind unnecessarily every year for want of simple precautions or low-cost treatment Subject(s): Health PersonnelPublic HealthChildWorld Health Organization
10. Under careful supervision, this Sudan schoolboy is treating his classmates' eyes for trachoma. This will ensure that treatment countinues after the trachoma control team leaves the district Subject(s): Health PersonnelHealth PromotionChildPublic HealthWorld Health Organization
