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Sticky from drinking coconut water and a little bit wary of us strangers visiting their village.

Uploaded on Jan 17, 2010

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A set of twins in the maternity ward.

The lifetime risk of a woman dying as the result of pregnancy in Canada is 1 in 11000. In Ghana, it is 1 in 45.
(Unicef)

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2009

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A minutes old infant.

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2009

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A community health nurse heads off to a village with her cooler by motorcycle.

Guaranteeing the cold chain requires a great deal of planning. If there is a break in the chain, meaning the vaccines are exposed to heat, all of the live polio vaccines must be discarded.

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2009

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Community health care nurses in Ghana play an integral role in the health care system. They spend much of their time visiting far outlying villages to assure that basic health care needs are met.

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2009

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