Photo Essays

• One of Thailand's top epidemiologists speaking to a community about dengue and malaria prevention.

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• A nurse and a student searching for dangerous mosquito larvae.

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• Young boys holding up materials to kill the mosquito larvae.

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• Health center at Nong Sung district, Mukdahan province.

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• Cleaning the drains after the rainy season to clear out all water puddles to protect against Dengue Fever.

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• A village health care volunteer sharing her dengue reporting findings.

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• This fogging spray kills adult mosquitoes. While it has smell, it is not toxic to humans.

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• Mosquito sprayers.

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• Rapid Response Team (RRT) submitting field reports on mosquito surveys.

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• An engineer from the iLab getting feedback from a user in Thailand.

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In August of 2010, InSTEDD's Director of Communications, Brooke Estin, went to the field to photograph the people affected by InSTEDD's work. She visited rural villages, provincial health centers and governmental health offices. All of the people she met were deeply committed to improving the health conditions of their communities in order to prevent potentially catastrophic outbreaks.

Photography by Peerapond Nuan Chutisuntarakul