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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
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by Kelly Warden
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<article> <h1> <span>Seven photos of health workers in action: World Photography Day 2022</span> </h1> <div><p>A celebration of the stories of care and commitment, captured in images of healthcare workers in action, from many corners of the globe. </p> </div> <ul> <li> <b>19 August 2022</b> </li> <li> <b class="me-2">by</b> <span> <a href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/authors/kelly-warden" hreflang="en">Kelly Warden</a> </span> </li> </ul> <figure> <img src="https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/vaccineswork/2022/Header/RS40301_202203_Gavi_Sunderbarn-2732_h1.jpg" width="1080" height="720" alt="Nurses delivering Covishield Vaccinations to local vaccination points, in the Sundarbans, India. Photo credit: Gavi/2022/Benedikt v.Loebell" loading="lazy"> <figcaption>Nurses delivering Covishield Vaccinations to local vaccination points, in the Sundarbans, India. Photo credit: Gavi/2022/Benedikt v.Loebell</figcaption> </figure> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p> </p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><blockquote><h2>Seven moments in time. <br>Seven corners of the globe. <br>One mission – to leave no one behind.</h2></blockquote><h3>Lamu County, Kenya</h3><p>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. </p> <p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/safari-doctors-take-waters-save-lives-kenya">Read article</a></p><h3>Islamabad, Pakistan</h3><p>A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccination in a government vaccination centre in Islamabad.</p><figure role="group" class="align-center"> <img alt="A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a young girl in a government vaccination centre in Islamabad. Credit: Gavi/2021/Asad Zaidi" data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/vaccineswork/2022/Thumbnail/RS39085_AZ_PAK_GAVI_COVAX_013_h2.jpg" loading="lazy"> <figcaption>Credit: Gavi/2021/Asad Zaidi</figcaption> </figure> <p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/million-day-pakistans-covid-19-vaccine-campaign-hits-its-stride">Read article</a></p><div><h4>Have you read?</h4><ul><li><a href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/galapagos-census-looks-impacts-turtles-during-and-after-covid-lockdown" title="Galápagos census looks at impacts on turtles during and after COVID lockdown">Galápagos census looks at impacts on turtles during and after COVID lockdown</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/we-understand-how-important-their-work-our-health-ordinary-nigerians-unite-health" title="”We understand how important their work is to our health”: Ordinary Nigerians unite with health workers against COVID-19">”We understand how important their work is to our health”: Ordinary Nigerians unite with health workers against COVID-19</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/pandemic-culture/bangalore-banksy-art-against-darkness" title="Pandemic Culture: The “Bangalore Banksy”: Art Against the Darkness">Pandemic Culture: The “Bangalore Banksy”: Art Against the Darkness</a></li></ul></div><h3>Brazzaville, Republic of Congo</h3><p>Volunteer dispatcher Guy Mbika fetches and carries health workers on his motorbike, and takes them around Brazzaville to deliver and administer COVID-19 vaccines.</p> <p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/day-life-vaccination-volunteer-republic-congo">Read article</a></p><h3>West Jakarta, Indonesia</h3><p>Sudirman checks Zahara’s temperature during the COVID-19 outbreak in West Jakarta, Indonesia.</p> <p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/keeping-routine-immunisation-going-during-covid-19-indonesia">Read article</a></p><h3>Adukrom, Ghana</h3><p>Health workers arrive at a school for COVID-19 vaccination in Adukrom in the Eastern Region of Ghana.</p><figure role="group" class="align-center"> <img alt="Health workers arrive at a school for COVID-19 vaccination in Adukrom in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Credit: Gavi/2022/Nipah Dennis" data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/vaccineswork/2022/Thumbnail/RS40491_Gavi_COVID-19_Vaccination__Ghana_Nipah-Dennis_26_h2.jpg" loading="lazy"> <figcaption>Credit: Gavi/2022/Nipah Dennis</figcaption> </figure> <h3>Sundarbans, India</h3><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" title="YouTube video player" width="560" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Sv4jHk27fc?rel=0"></iframe></div><p><br>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.</p><figure role="group" class="align-center"> <img alt="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. Credit: Gavi/2022/Benediktv.Loebell" data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/vaccineswork/2022/Thumbnail/RS40292_202203_Gavi_Sunderbarn-2635_h2.jpg" loading="lazy"> <figcaption>Credit: Gavi/2022/Benediktv.Loebell</figcaption> </figure> <p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/stormy-weather-boat-borne-vaccines-ferry-dose-hope-sundarbans">Read article</a></p><h3>Batsumer, Mongolia</h3><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" title="YouTube video player" width="560" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eDOcAiExSww?rel=0"></iframe></div><p><br>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. </p><figure role="group" class="align-center"> <img alt="Credit: Gavi/2021/Khasar Sandag" data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src="https://www.gavi.org/sites/default/files/vaccineswork/2022/Thumbnail/RS36680_BuyanjargalsVaccination_II_Batsumber_Mongolia_April_2021_A7R06274JPEG-SRGB-Full_h2.jpg" loading="lazy"> <figcaption>Credit: Gavi/2021/Khasar Sandag</figcaption> </figure> <p class="text-align-center"><a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/nomads-lockdown-covax-reaches-mongolian-steppes">Read article</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/seven-photos-health-workers-action-world-photography-day-2022">Original article</a> </p><p>This article was originally published on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork">VaccinesWork</a> </p><script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-M7H54VD');</script><noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-M7H54VD" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript></article>

Nurses delivering Covishield Vaccinations to local vaccination points, in the Sundarbans, India. Photo credit: Gavi/2022/Benedikt v.Loebell

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.

Read article

Islamabad, Pakistan

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccination in a government vaccination centre in Islamabad.

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a young girl in a government vaccination centre in Islamabad. Credit: Gavi/2021/Asad Zaidi — Credit: Gavi/2021/Asad Zaidi

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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.

Read article

West Jakarta, Indonesia

Sudirman checks Zahara’s temperature during the COVID-19 outbreak in West Jakarta, Indonesia.

Read article

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.

Read article

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.