Friday, November 7, 2014

Photo Essay 

        A camp for the internally displaced is located on the western outskirts of Kabul. Thousands of people live in the camp, most are from Helmand or Kandahar where they have fled their homes due to heavy fighting. This baby was born inside a mud and tent home inside the camp.  Women wait for services at the Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital in Kabul. Over 600 patients come through the hospital a day. In Kabul, women going through labor are helped by midwives at the Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital, which is known for its maternity care. Midwife Iline Ceelen comforts a woman going through labor who is around 13 years old. The Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital sees, on average, 900 to 1000 births a month.
        Pediatric nurse Isabelle Arnould examines a baby in the neonatal ward at the MSF Maternity Hospital in Khost. The MSF mobile clinic arrives at the village of Spinar Poza just east of Kabul. Children come for vaccinations and other care at the MSF mobile clinic in the village of Spina Poza just east of Kabul.
        Scene outside of a local pharmacy in Kunduz city, Northern Afghanistan. Patients and visitors gather at the door of OPD at Boost Hospital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan. The provincial hospital, supported by MSF, is one of only two functioning referral hospitals in southern Afghanistan. Helmand is one of the most conflict-affected provinces in the country. Visitors queue at the IPD of Boost Hospital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan.
        OPD patients wait for appointments outside at the Kunduz Trauma Centre in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan. MSF doctor treats a female patient at the OPD of Kunduz Trauma Center in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan. Doctors examine a head trauma patient at the ICU of Kunduz Trauma Center in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan.
Andrea Bruce and Mikhail Galustov
In this photo essay found online, from TIME magazine, is about the hard to reach healthcare in all parts of Afghanistan. This essay is from earlier in the year in the time that foreign troops were leaving Afghanistan, after being located there for over 10 years, and documents the quality of healthcare that Afghans are receiving and will receive once foreign aid is no longer available. "access to emergency or basic medical care remains hard to reach" quotes the author of the title. In this article i learned that even though billions of dollars have been spent in humanitarian work in Afghanistan, There is still work to be done. Many people the authors interviewed stated that they had family members and friends die from lack of proper care. Many hospitals don't have the right equipment, staff, or even electricity to run a health facility. The only good note about the article is that the number of healthcare facilities has considerably risen, with having a health facility at least an hour walking distance. 
1. A photo essay is a series of photographs, normally documentary, which is meant to impact people and tell a meaning or story of current events in the world.
2. This article and the photos relate because they are evidence of what the article is talking about. We see in the pictures poverty all over Afghanistan, People receiving poor healthcare, and no help being delivered. 


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