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South Sudan Medical Relief

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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South Sudan Medical Relief

Patient with parasitic disease, kala azar

Hospital by the river, Old Fangak, South Sudan

Clinic is lower right, surrounded by swamp

Flooded Homes

Families flee to find high ground

Waiting to see the doctor

Fleeing bee swarm at clinic

Leg lost to snake bite

TB Clinic

Patients come daily to swallow meds

TB patient

With treatment, he is now walking

Victims of Brucellosis

Milk-borne bacterial disease

Critically ill with kala azar

Receiving life-saving medicine

Recovery

after treatment

Kala Azar Clinic

Run by trained community health workers

Getting kala azar medicine...

...after walking to clinic

...for injections every day

...for 3-4 weeks

Clinic director Dr. Jill Seaman

Dr. Jill has been living in a tent

for a dozen years, so that...

Sick patients like this can become...

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This work is supported by several partners, including
African Mission Healthcare Foundation.
See the public notes below for the link to donate.