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An ophthalmologist at work in the Amejedas Hospital in Havana.

The National Police School of Matete was re-organized in 1964 to serve as a modern training centre for qualified law-enforcement candidates. To this date, the institution has turned out 230 graduates…

In India and Pakistan, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund carries on important campaigns for health and child feeding. This picture shows Miss E.L. Pepper, a public…

In cooperation with the Government of Yugoslavia, the World Health Organization (WH0) is carrying out a comprehensive public health project which includes tuberculosis control, endemoepidemic…

The Government of the Republic of Korea has been attempting to strengthen its public health services. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is providing supplies, equipment, transport,…

A new insecticide is now being used in the fight against the mosquito in El Salvador. The anopheles mosquito - carrier of malaria and the scourge of the tropics - has developed a strong resistance to…

Tuberculosis is one of Ethiopia's major infectious diseases. It was found that of 114,580 people examined in 1963, 9,390 (or approximately 8%) of them were found to be victims of tuberculosis.…

Inside a hospital room in Khovd aimag, Mongolia, where a child has just been delivered. UN agencies work closely with Mongolia's hospitals to improve health care.

In some cities in Africa, up to 24% of pregnant women tested in antenatal clinics are found to be infected with HIV. Portrait of an Ethiopian woman in Nazareth.

Medical staff from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's fund (UNICEF) assessed Marka General Hospital's facilities and general working conditions. In particular, both…

The child care center near the Butembo Ebola treatment center in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) opened on 22 March 2019. Children separated or orphaned by Ebola in the…

Communication and community engagement are essential to stop and prevent the spread of Ebola. UNICEF is supporting the establishment of community committees, and is engaging with trusted individuals…