
Photographer
MARK EDWARDSImage file number
SP1036177.jpgImage size details
3508 x 5380 px29.7 x 45.55 cm at 300 dpi
Credit
© MARK EDWARDS, HARD RAIN PICTURE LIBRARYYANOMAMI AMERINDIANS, VENEZUELAN AMAZONAS. Serra Parima, Orinoco River Basin. A Yanomami mother with her child, comotose with malaria, at Caicet field hospital. Despite treatment, this child died in the night. Deadly strains of malaria, which the Yanomami have no resistance to, have probably been brought to the region by illegal gold miners. Thousands of Yanomami have died of malaria, which is threateneing the tribe with extinction. CDREF00266
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