Seven photos of health workers in action: World Photography Day 2022
A celebration of the stories of care and commitment, captured in images of healthcare workers in action, from many corners of the globe.
- 19 August 2022
- 2 min read
- by Kelly Warden
World Photography Day is a celebration of the stories we capture through our lenses – bookmarks in the pages of time, history, and place. Following this year’s theme, ‘Pandemic lockdown through the lens,’ we’re celebrating the health care workers who protected their communities over the past two and a half years of unprecedented turmoil.
Throughout the pandemic, volunteers and health care workers have been the driving force behind the successful COVID-19 vaccine rollouts that allowed countries to open back up. Driven by locally-led outreach and a commitment to caring for their communities, health workers have been spotted trekking mountains, navigating oceans, and creating creative solutions to reach people in the hardest to reach places. Check out seven of our favourite shots of healthcare workers from around the world, doing their bit to keep their communities safe.
Seven moments in time.
Seven corners of the globe.
One mission – to leave no one behind.
Lamu County, Kenya
Carrying precious cargo including COVID-19 vaccines and other medical supplies, Safari Doctors’ Captain Fahmi steers the Mama Daktari boat to the remote communities in the Lamu Islands.
Islamabad, Pakistan
A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccination in a government vaccination centre in Islamabad.
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Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Volunteer dispatcher Guy Mbika fetches and carries health workers on his motorbike, and takes them around Brazzaville to deliver and administer COVID-19 vaccines.
West Jakarta, Indonesia
Sudirman checks Zahara’s temperature during the COVID-19 outbreak in West Jakarta, Indonesia.
Adukrom, Ghana
Health workers arrive at a school for COVID-19 vaccination in Adukrom in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Sundarbans, India
The Sundarbans – 10,000km of mangrove forest in the Bay of Bengal – are home to some of India’s most marginalised people. Health workers took to the water to bring lifesaving COVID-19 and routine vaccines to the people.
Batsumer, Mongolia
An estimated 25% to 40% of the people in Mongolia live as nomadic herders. Here, a healthcare worker vaccinates a man in rural Batsumber, where the pandemic took its toll on the livelihoods of livestock herders.
