Barcelona,
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Anatomia
humana i urbana
· 5
Vet
aquí on és la
realitat
Highlights photography competition, edició 2025, del Lancet, és una acurada selecció d'imatges úniques sobre temes de salut d'arreu del món. No mira de destacar descobriments, sino que apunta a realitats colpidores, per tal que se'n sàpiga. Històries de bona voluntat, o de mala voluntat; històries de justícia social, o de les injústicies que el món no vol mirar; històries de canvis rellevants en poblacions que prou els necessitaven. Són històries de dignitat humana tot i l'adversitat. D'aquestes històries, totes disponibles, us presento aquestes dues:
1.
Queilosquisi,
llavi leporí,
llavi fes, Xina
«This
portrait
was taken in
Lanzhou, China
during a “Smile
China” mission. This
baby is to have
surgery for cleft
lip and palate. We
worked with the
excellent plastic
surgeons from China
to repair cleft lips
and palates in many
children. The
programme was done
in cooperation with
the Chinese
Government and under
the auspices of the
Canadian non-profit
“Smile China”, which
was founded by
Canadian surgeon
Joseph Ka Hoi Wong
(1954-2014).
In addition to the surgeons and anaesthesiologists, we contributed supplies and funds to allow the hospitals to manage the added cases. Joe Wong died far too young but left an amazing legacy in China and elsewhere. We continue these missions now primarily in Africa as part of “Global Surgical Outreach”.» © The Lancet (Highlights 2025: Illuminating health stories) / Foto: Wayne F. Larrabee Jr.
2.
Gaza, i l'espant
«Walking
ghosts of injured
Palestinians haunt
our imaginations.
Life continues in
Gaza, where
civilians endure
relentless
bombardment, blocked
access to health
care, and conditions
that international
agencies repeatedly
warn constitute an
escalating
humanitarian and
human-rights crisis.
In this photograph,
during an incident
involving the
bombing of a
residential area, a
young boy sits
covered in dust,
blood, and shrapnel
wounds, his small
hands shielding his
face as if trying to
block out the terror
he is living
through.
Around
him,
the injured wait in
overcrowded hospital
corridors where
exhausted clinicians
struggle with
vanishing supplies,
no electricity, and
impossible choices
about who can be
treated next. His
posture captures the
weight of witnessing
too much, too young.
This was taken in
Al-Shifa Hospital,
which was targeted
and largely
destroyed but still
has areas
functioning in a
limited capacity.
The
photographer
Mohammed Ameen
Alaraped describes
“living with my five
children in a tent
in the severe cold.
I have a
one-and-a-half-year-old
child who was born
during the war, and
we move from place
to place from time
to time.” Gaza has
been devastated by
Israeli bombardment
and siege, producing
a man-made
humanitarian and
public health
catastrophe
condemned by United
Nations and health
agencies. Israel is
currently the
subject of an
ongoing genocide
case at the
International Court
of Justice,
alongside
investigations by
the International
Criminal Court.» ©
The Lancet (Highlights
2025: Illuminating
health stories)
/ Foto:
Mohammed
Ameen Alaraped.
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