- A frightened farmer carries his wife, stricken down with tetanus, to the People's Health Centre in Savar- a boldly pioneering complex that is bringing health care to the rural poor of Bangladesh1
- A moment of discomfort - but it will ensure that he will never suffer: the wasting disease of tuberculosis. Vaccination must be a regular feature of child care, preferably under a program which forms an integral part of any country's health services1
- A pacemaker to prevent heart block is bbeing passed into the patient's right ventricle while the checks its position on the x-ray screen1
- 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 them1
- A physician uses a stethoscope to listen to the heart of a young boy1
- A research programme ... to determine the extent of rabies in specific areas1
- A single injection of long-acting penicillin cures yaws (after)1
- A single injection of long-acting penicillin cures yaws (before)1
- A sturdy- looking six-year-old child of the Turkana. The scars on his abdomen testify to blood-letting rituals1
- A therapist trying to restore the use of a patient's rheumatic fingers1
- A throat operation kept alive this little Indonesian victim of diphtheria - still one of the lethal communicable diseases1
- 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 cry1
- A woman "paramedic" tests the tetanus case for serum hypersensitivity before starting the emergency treatment that will save her life1
- A woman at the philippines health centre learns how to prepare oral rehydration fluid for home treatment of her child1
- Advancing treatment, providing options: à l'avant-garde de la recherche thérapeutique1
- 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 Diseases1
- Agissons maintenant: Time to act1
- Air nurses in the early days of aviation1
- Although the threat of smallpox is declining, this child has to put up with a routine vaccination1
- Ampoules are sealed by a special machine which melts the top of the glass tubes to close it. The technicians wear a surgical gown, mask and have to ensure tha they do not contaminate the sera1