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" HOPE " Mother and her Child - Waspam - Rio Coco - N.E.Nicaragua
This Mother was someone I saw often - her Young Child had Health Issues but she was taking her to the Clinic.
She has a Skin Disorder.... In this area (N.E. Nicaraguan border area ) (Now RAAN area) - the Diet was meagre with a marked deficiency in protein and vitamins. There was a high incidence of Kwashiorkor and other forms of Advanced Malnutrition especially in children under the age of 2 years. The Main Diseases were respiratory infections, incl. tuberculosis: intestinal and skin parasites, diarrhoea, malaria and malnutrition..
...In one village it was easy to hear the sound of whooping cough by the school house.....
These photos were taken after the Rio Coco had flooded and the Red Cross, U.S.AID and the Panamanian Air Force were all assisting to alleviate the problems of the resulting situation...The flood was in December 1979 and these photos taken January 1980.
I would like to believe that the situation is better now but all of Nicaragua has it's Problems including Floods and Hurricanes......and severe Tropical Storms.
***If you would like to know more, there is some interesting, non-medical further information at the front of the Set titled " N.E.Nicaragua, Rio Coco "
" HOPE " Mother and her Child - Waspam - Rio Coco - N.E.Nicaragua
This Mother was someone I saw often - her Young Child had Health Issues but she was taking her to the Clinic.
She has a Skin Disorder.... In this area (N.E. Nicaraguan border area ) (Now RAAN area) - the Diet was meagre with a marked deficiency in protein and vitamins. There was a high incidence of Kwashiorkor and other forms of Advanced Malnutrition especially in children under the age of 2 years. The Main Diseases were respiratory infections, incl. tuberculosis: intestinal and skin parasites, diarrhoea, malaria and malnutrition..
...In one village it was easy to hear the sound of whooping cough by the school house.....
These photos were taken after the Rio Coco had flooded and the Red Cross, U.S.AID and the Panamanian Air Force were all assisting to alleviate the problems of the resulting situation...The flood was in December 1979 and these photos taken January 1980.
I would like to believe that the situation is better now but all of Nicaragua has it's Problems including Floods and Hurricanes......and severe Tropical Storms.
***If you would like to know more, there is some interesting, non-medical further information at the front of the Set titled " N.E.Nicaragua, Rio Coco "