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Congo-Brazzaville : Polio's comeback

17 images Created 20 Oct 2011

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  • A bible lies next to the foot of Maouaka, 19, who suffers from respiratory complications from polio, as she lies in a bed at the A. Sice general hospital in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 1, 2010. Maouaka died a few hours after this image was taken.
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  • Maouaka, 19, who suffers from respiratory complications from polio, lies in a bed at the A. Sice general hospital in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 1, 2010. Maouaka died a few hours after this image was taken.
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  • Vivien Massomba, 12, who suffers from palsy following a polio infection, grimaces while being massaged by a health worker at the Tie-Tie hospital in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, on Thursday December 2, 2010.
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  • Deo Gracia Bomda, 12, who suffers from palsy following a polio infection, lies in bed while being massaged by a health worker at the Tie-Tie hospital in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, on Thursday December 2, 2010.
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  • Vivien Massomba, 12, who suffers from palsy following a polio infection, grimaces while being massaged by a health worker at the Tie-Tie hospital in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, on Thursday December 2, 2010.
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  • Volunteer Napoleon Mukengue uses a megaphone to announce the upcoming polio vaccination campaign to the population as he walks down a street in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo on Thursday December 2, 2010.
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  • Volunteer Napoleon Mukengue uses a megaphone to announce the upcoming polio vaccination campaign to the population as he walks down a street in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo on Thursday December 2, 2010.
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  • Tony Boussana, 24, who is partly paralized by polio, is helped by his girlfriend Sabena, 19, as he tries to sit up in his bed at the A. Cisse Hospital in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo on Friday December 3, 2010. "When I got to the hospital I could still move my arms, but now I can't", he says. "I feel completely lost."
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  • His father Alphonse sits next to Blaise Alonda, 19, who suffers from polio, at the Loandjili hospital in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo, on Saturday December 4, 2010. Blaise first started feeling ill almost three weeks ago. He was diagnosed and treated for malaria, but woke up unable to move his arms and legs the next morning.
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  • Relatives prepare to bury the body of Rachel Yaki Diane, 26, who died following a polio infection at the Vendelou cemetery in Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo on Saturday December 4, 2010.
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  • Volunteers hang a banner announcing the upcoming round of polio vaccination in Djambala, Republic of Congo on Monday December 6, 2010.
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  • A member of a social mobilization team uses a megaphone from a moving vehicle to inform the population about the upcoming polio vaccination round in Djambala, Republic of Congo on Tuesday December 7, 2010.
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  • A child receives two drops of polio vaccine during the second round of vaccination in Djambala Village, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 8, 2010.
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  • A man gets vaccinated against polio during the second round of vaccination in Djambala Village, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 8, 2010.
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  • A woman's finger is marked with indelible ink after she was vaccinated against polio during the second round of vaccination in Djambala Village, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 8, 2010.
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  • A young woman stands in the doorway of her home after the door was marked with chalk by vaccinators to indicate that occupants were vaccinated against polio in Djambala, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 8, 2010.
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  • A woman and her child stand in the doorway of their home during the visit of a polio vaccination team in Djambala, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 8, 2010.
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