Photoshare Newsletter - July 2006

Featured Photos
Best Practice Spotlight
Search Tips: Population & Environment
Photos and Equipment Needed

1. Featured Photos

In the last month, Photoshare cataloged more than 100 photos sent in from around the world for inclusion in the general collection. See below for highlights of new contributions:

India - New Photos from Anil Gulati

A child, whose mother died recently from complications in pregnancy, with her grandmother in the town of Indore, Madhya Pradesh State, India. © 2006 Anil Gulati, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 330-13]

A grandfather plays with his grandchildren in the shade of a tree on a hot summer day in the Guna District of Madhya Pradesh State, India. Summer temperatures in this area routinely rise above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). © 2006 Anil Gulati, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 330-17]

A mother and daughter at an Anganwadi Center in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh State, India. Anganwadi Centers are child care centers managed by the State Department of Women and Child Development. © 2006 Anil Gulati, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 330-10] see all...

Bangladesh - New Photos from Edson E. Whitney

Young men travel by rickshaw van to a religious festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the background, a billboard advertises National Immunization Day, part of the ongoing effort to eradicate polio in Bangladesh. © 1997 Edson E. Whitney, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 317-31]

Kenya- New Photos from Felix Masi

An HIV-positive person stands near an audience of children at the HIV/AIDS candle memorial in Kibera, Africa's largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The ceremony, organized by the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), was part of the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Campaign. © 2006 Felix Masi/Voiceless Children, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 292-115]

Children sit in the audience at the HIV/AIDS candle memorial in Kibera, Africa's largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The ceremony, organized by the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), was part of the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Campaign. © 2006 Felix Masi/Voiceless Children, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 292-116]

A boy from Lea Toto, a community-based care program for HIV-positive children, lights a candle as other children watch at the HIV/AIDS candle memorial in Kibera, Africa's largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The ceremony, organized by the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), was part of the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Campaign. © 2006 Felix Masi/Voiceless Children, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 292-117]

2. Best Practice Spotlight

Photoshare staff would like to recognize USAID for including both the Photoshare credit and caption on their Family Planning webpage. See an excerpt below with the arrow pointing to an enlarged and highlighted caption and credit. See also: more information on Crediting Photoshare Images (PowerPoint).

3. Search Tips: Population & Environment

Looking for photos related to population and environment? Try these keywords when you search the Photoshare database (click on the keyword links below to go directly to search results):

4. Photos and Equipment Needed

Photoshare generally needs more photos of the following subjects from ALL REGIONS.

General Human Interest (photos illustrating rural and urban life/populations)

Couples and families
Adolescents
Women and children
Fathers and children

Health-Related Activities, Behaviors, and Interventions

Hepatitis A (e.g. prevention, care, and treatment, Immunization)
Family planning and reproductive health (e.g. education, counseling, DEPO injections, display of a year's supply of pills)
HIV/AIDS (e.g. prevention, care, and treatment, PMTCT)
Maternal and child health (e.g. services, pregnancy, antenatal care, childbirth, breastfeeding, nutrition)
Malaria (e.g. prevention and treatment, bednet photos needed)
Tuberculosis (e.g. prevention and treatment)
Community Based Distribution (CBD) workers
Financial Activities and Economic Development

Environment

Water (e.g. supply, use, quality, pollution, protection)
Air
Land and natural resources management
Food Security
Disasters (e.g. impact, relief, preparedness)

Specific Under-Represented Countries and Regions

Africa, Sub-Saharan: Somalia
Latin America: all countries

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