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SUMMARY:Photo exhibition:Challenges of medical technology in the global So
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150408
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DESCRIPTION:This photographic exhibition reveals in images the problems re
 lated to medical technology in hospitals in Cameroon.\nThe inadequacy of t
 hese technologies to the conditions of use\, the lack of resources and tra
 ined staff\, and the problems related to water and electricity networks ar
 e representative of the settings encountered in most developing countries.
 \nSymptomatic of this situation\, radiology remains inaccessible to two-th
 irds of the world population according to WHO\, although this basic techno
 logy is essential to modern medicine.About the Photographer\nSylvain Liech
 ti was born in Switzerland. He grew up in Burundi\, and then studied photo
 graphy in Europe and Australia before working as a freelance photojournali
 st for several Swiss newspapers\, including 24Heures and La Région. Inspi
 red by the work of Sebastiao Salgado\, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Ca
 pa\, Sylvain Liechti became a war zone and post-conflict photographer. Off
 icial photographer of the United Nations in Burundi\, he covered the demob
 ilisation process in 2009 and the 2010 elections.\nSince 2011 he is the ph
 otographer for MONUSCO\, the UN peacekeeping operation in the Democratic R
 epublic of Congo. He covers the conflict in the Kivus and Ituri and follow
 s the peacekeepers in their various operations and daily life. His work ha
 s been widely published by the United Nations\, as well as in various medi
 a throughout the world.
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