A picture of the equator sign between Kisumu & Kakamega!
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Dorothy & Dale at the equator!
They are the founders of IMA of Tennessee (International Medical Alliance); this is the group i worked with/for when i was in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before coming to Kenya.
For more information about IMA and thier work check out thier website: imaonline.org
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Here is a picture of some of us at the equator.
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Picture of one of the buildings (a church) that we set up our clinic in for the day! We had doctors for people to see, a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) program aimed at killing worms especially those afiliated with Lymphatic Filariasis, and also eye testing and reading glass distribution!
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Dr. Tom seeing patients
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This is Tomas at work. He checks eyes and distributes reading glasses.
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Pictures of de-worming the school kids at one of our clinics. The two drugs target a wide range of worms but the big focus is on those which cause LF.
LF (lymphatic filariasis) is transmitted by mosquitoes...
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Pictures of de-worming the school kids at one of our clinics. The two drugs target a wide range of worms but the big focus is on those which cause LF.
LF (lymphatic filariasis) is transmitted by mosquitoes...
F. Porter Nellans Jr. - From Kenya With Care
This is what the de-worming is aimed at preventing! LF aka Lymphatic Filariasis. Thi can be prevented & stopped by taking medication however, it cannot be reversed....this is not even the worst case we saw.
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So this isnt a pic of the exact truck obviously but let me describe it. It was the size of the white one, with the style of the blue one, but it was green.
Oh, i also forgot to mention...the locals did get the ID # of the truck but i chose not to report it. I figured i was alright so no harm no fowl i figured. More importantly, i was told the driver probably drove the truck to the owner and said he didnt want to work for him any more; so the cops would arrest the owner most likely and he prolly didnt do anything. Also, the driver probably didnt stop because he didnt know how bad i was injured or if i was dead and depending on that, if he stopped a lynch mob probably would have killed him; or he may not have noticed he hit me.
Oh, and a lady almost got hit by a motorcycle when she was coming to help me!
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