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)
A woman with TB meningitis is cared for by her husband in Svay Rieng Provincial Hospital, Svay Rieng, Cambodia. (© James Nachtwey/VII)
A rice farmer with pulmonary TB is examined during a home visit by the NGO, Cambodian Health Committee, Kompong Cham, Cambodia. (© James Nachtwey/VII) THE BIG PICTURE
News Stories in photographS
By Alan Taylor
October 3, 2008
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. (14 photos total)
No comments:
Post a Comment