Buddhist Todai-ji Temple, image of Binzuru - touching it is supposed to cure illness, Nara, Japan

Animist Donyi Polo shrine, made from bamboo, feathers and eggshells, asking for cure for illness in Apatani village house, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Ferry Reach Military Cemetery, contains remains of British Army Bermuda Garrison soldiers who died of yellow fever in 1860s, St. George, Bermuda

Leprosy patients at the Sitanala Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia

Mothers and children sitting on mats while waiting at Gorom Gorom Hospital in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

A Saudi mother stays with her child who is in a hospital cot at Moda Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Young girl with arm in plaster bandage sits on a bed in a rural hospital supported by the Save the Children Fund charity in The Gambia, West Africa. A mosquito net hangs above.

Patient suffering from leprosy attending a clinic in The Gambia

A boy suffering from leprosy is cared for as a patient in the Sitanala Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia

A young mother and her child in Basse Health centre, Gambia

Men suffering from leprosy are cared for as patients in the Sitanala Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia

Young mother with her child in hospital, Gambia

Women queuing with their children at the rural hospital at Basse in Gambia

India - health: saint josephs hospice for cancer patients, kottayam, kerala

India - health: caritas hospital, kottayam, kerala

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi

India - health st. Josephs hospice for cancer patients kottayam, kerala

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Hematology Analyzer for analyzing blood in one of the labs in the specialist cancer hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Varian nuclear proton therapy machine in the specialist cancer hospital.

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi, being cared for by father mike bassano, a maryknoll priest dedicating his life to serve the sick and needy

Kenya catholic lay missionaries orphan. Korogocha, nairobi

Community and home based care service is one of the critical care and support services provided to people living with HIV in Nepal. CHBC Teams provide basic health services, social, emotional and spiritual support, reinforcing the concept of ?positive living? and reducing stigma and discrimination in the community. Doti, Nepal

Cambodia seedlings of hope hospice for aids patients, phnom penh. dr. phan phearath, employed by maryknoll, visiting patients

Indonesia government health clinic (pos kesmas) at cot seumereng, desa pucoh leung. consultation. clinic supported by crs. meulaboh, aceh

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi

Cambodia seedlings of hope hospice for aids patients, phnom penh. woman saying buddhist chants to another who is dying of aids

Indonesia government health clinic (pos kesmas) at cot seumereng, desa pucoh leung. weighing a child. meulaboh, aceh

Kenya aids orphans of korogocho slum, nairobi

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi, being cared for by father mike bassano, a maryknoll priest dedicating his life to serve the sick and needy

Indonesia government health clinic (pos kesmas) at cot seumereng, desa pucoh leung. mother with sick child come for consultation. meulaboh, aceh

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi, being cared for by father mike bassano, a maryknoll priest dedicating his life to serve the sick and needy

Cambodia seedlings of hope hospice for aids patients, phnom penh. woman saying buddhist chants to another who is dying of aids

Tanzania mother child clinic, kalabezo

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi

Kenya catholic lay missionary visiting woman. Korogocha, nairobi

Tanzania baby sick with cerebral malaria, kowak hospital

Indonesia the childrens hospital, built by crs, banda aceh, aceh. dr. nurbafri n. yabya, pediatrician. 2 years after the tsunami

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi, being cared for by father mike bassano, a maryknoll priest dedicating his life to serve the sick and needy

Kenya catholic lay missionary visiting woman. Korogocha, nairobi

Zambia candlelit vigil for world aids day, livingstone

Catholic sister with aids orphans, tanzania. Musoma

Tanzania mother child clinic, kalabezo

Indonesia the childrens hospital, built by crs, banda aceh, aceh. dr. nurbafri n. yabya, pediatrician. 2 years after the tsunami

Zambia candlelit vigil for world aids day, livingstone

Zambia care givers visiting a woman who is hiv+, mongu

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi, being cared for by father mike bassano, a maryknoll priest dedicating his life to serve the sick and needy

Kenya saint marys mission hospital, nairobi

Thailand hiv+ patients in an aids hospice at a buddhist temple in lopburi

Zambia care giver visiting a woman who is hiv+, mongu

Ukraine - intensive at lutsk childrens hospital

D kenya matriarch and survivor mombasa

A search dog locates a walker collapsed with hypothermia in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Young boy receiving treatment for an infected ear on the side of the street, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Doctor and nurse helping patient at scanner

Doctor and technician talking to patient at scanner

Technician talking to patient near scanner

Profile of naked bald black woman

Technician talking to patient near scanner

Technician preparing scanner for doctor comforting patient

Technician preparing scanner for doctor comforting patient

Technician talking to patient at scanner

Close up of naked black woman rubbing bald head

Doctors pushing patient in hospital gurney

Technician holding hand of patient at scanner

Doctor holding hand of girl in hospital gurney

Technician talking to patient at scanner

Technician talking to patient at scanner

Nurse placing finger monitor on patient

Young African girl being examined by doctor in hospital room

Nurse wheeling gurney in corridor of hospital

African girl being pushed in wheelchair in hospital

Caucasian paraplegic man wood working in backyard

Paraplegic woman in wheelchair working out in physical therapy

African American woman holding yoga mat in park

Caucasian paraplegic man wood working in backyard

Paraplegic woman working out in physical therapy

Paraplegic woman working out in physical therapy

Friends laughing in retail store on bus

Doctor and nurse talking with patient in hospital bed

Black nurse pushing boy in wheelchair

Nurse measuring height of girl

Nurse talking to patient in hospital bed

Nurses talking to girl in hospital gurney

Nurse talking to patient in hospital bed

Nurses pushing hospital gurney

Nurse placing finger monitor on patient

Nurse holding hand of patient in hospital

Nurse measuring height of girl

Doctor and nurse with patients in hospital

Technician talking to patient at scanner

Technician preparing scanner for patient

Technician talking to patient near scanner

Robots operating on organs of transparent android

Technician preparing scanner for doctor comforting patient

Nurse holding hands with girl in hospital

Nurse pushing boy in wheelchair

Black doctor talking to boy in hospital bed

Doctor holding hand of girl in hospital bed