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Thomas Sankara and the stomachs that made themselves heard

Thomas Sankara’s vision to transform farming and health in Burkina Faso turned to dust with his assassination. Perry Blankson highlights the considerable achievements of Sankara’s brief span in power.

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Why we need to decolonise healthcare

In this extract from ‘Divided’, Annabel Sowemimo describes the way her nana’s stroke and hospitalisation heightened her awareness of the need for us all to advocate for the health of others.

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Generation portraits

Photographer Julian Germain’s major project focusing on portraits of multi-generational families came to a sudden halt during the various Covid-19 lockdowns. Here families celebrate coming together again in words and images.

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  • Fumes emitting from a coach, a smoker and a factory: pollution in Kenya. Colour lithograph by B. Obara/E.W. Ngunga for Ministry of Health Division of Health Education, ca. 2000.
  • A man and woman smiling at their baby: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Division of Malaria Control, ca. 2000.
  • List of diseases and their symptoms covered by the Division of Disease Surveillance and Response in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • A group of Africans applauding and listening to a doctor: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health Division of Malaria Control, ca. 2000.
  • Illustrated information sheet on diabetes in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • A child's face with a bow tie amidst rays of light: preventing tuberculosis in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • Managing the Vaccine Vial Monitor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A man with tuberculosis surrounded by a group of people: treatment of tuberculosis in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Division of Leprosy Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, ca. 2000.
  • Prevention of diarrhoeal diseases in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A man apparently with an STD looking alarmed as he holds up a sheet to cover his genital area; with three further anxious men and women with similar complaints to the right; a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
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