A rice farmer with pulmonary TB is examined during a home visit by the NGO, Cambodian Health Committee, Kompong Cham, Cambodia. (© James Nachtwey/VII)
A woman with TB meningitis is cared for by her husband in Svay Rieng Provincial Hospital, Svay Rieng, Cambodia. (© James Nachtwey/VII)
A boy experiencing severe pain from TB meningitis is comforted by his mother at Svay Rieng Provincial Hospital, Svay Rieng, Cambodia. Family members provide much of the personal care at hospitals in the developing world. (© James Nachtwey/VII)
A prisoner who was convicted of murder was moved from prison to the TB ward of Battambang Provincial Hospital, Battambang, Cambodia when he was diagnosed with TB. He is coinfected with AIDS. (© James Nachtwey/VII)Nachtwey's Wish: Awareness of XDR-TB
October 3, 2008
By Alan Taylor
Boston.com
Well-known and influential photojournalist James Nachtwey won the TED Prize last year, and as part of his award, he made a wish for help - help in bringing a story to light that he felt was important and underreported. The subject of this story is a new, dangerous type of tuberculosis called Extreme Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, or XDR-TB. Tuberculosis is both preventable and curable, but inadequate treatment has been driving the emergence of XDR-TB, especially in developing nations. Tuberculosis is not a disease of the past - in 2007 alone, 1.7 million people died from TB - it is the leading killer of people infected with HIV. Nachtwey's wish was that he could break this story, and demonstrate proof of the power of news photography in the digital age. Below are only 14 of many photographs Nachtwey took around the world. For all of the photos, and much more information about XDR-TB, please visit xdrtb.org.
3 comments:
Thank you Hun Sen for taking care of your people.
Continue to build schools with your name using other people money.
Don't anyone in our government worry this? or do something about it? Happy catching its droplets! It just a matter of time that XDR-TB will claim its victim uncontrolably.
may goodness, this is so sad, epsecially in this modern-day world. how could anyone just let poor cambodian people suffer or continue to suffer like they had under the KR regime. you know, the photo above reminded me of the walking skeletons that shocked the entire world of the aftermath of the KR regime in the late 1970s. i thought cambodia had come a long way in terms of better healthcare, education, economy, and so on; why are we still seeing this kind of people's suffering? when is it going to stop? who is to blame for their suffering? i beg the rich countries of the world to please help cambodian people like the ones in the pictures. no body should have to go through this, nobody! remember diseases can affect everyone; diseases know no boundary, please help cambodian patients! thank you and god bless.
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