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of. the. earth the. fall many in the west african country of guinea life can be quite a struggle. a quarter of the country is covered in forest and the government has neglected roads and basic services. constant delays paralyze the nation's economy. and yet guinea is a rich country rich in gold and diamonds. but most

canadians never see the benefit. today pierre on his assistant bus transport medicines in record time from the capital conakry to kiss a dugu on the other side of the country so we're going to. guinea is still plagued by serious diseases like polio defeat area and rabies. the pharmacy's primary concern is delivering the vaccines to where they're needed before the climate spoils them. with no refrigerated truck or ice boat packs his vaccines in a box with just enough ice for the trip. last . sunday possibly. the next challenge is getting the vaccines to a porter at the bus step of

a downpour has caused huge traffic jams. so please see. my little sister. guinea's capital conakry is at a standstill. the taxis stuck in traffic for hours as. vendors and beggars try to make the most of the situation. good. things are going to. your south your bus and hear them cannot come to simply be with you to make sure nobody like you can gamble. after six hours in traffic the taxi finally reaches the bus stop a. one on one

with careful instructions the pharmacist hands the vaccines to the owner of the bush taxi a bass. god i'm not going to go further than we have been going down but they are contacted by the banks that are. fun some people can just look at the person to decide on what message the fragile vaccines are placed under the front seat. it's over one. hundred now come up missing and then you know they're going to do what you guys are then and it is going to be less about limited. government. i. gainey has no railway complains a prohibitively expensive taxis are the most common form of transport but drivers

take advantage by overcharging clients. this passenger tries to travel on credit with her baby. you know not good if you don't want and you know it was and then you're going to go yes i'm worried about me and now. the driver feels sorry for her and a deal is struck but another passenger is more of a problem he's hurt his hand and wants a window seat. where you can see the marcin. mothers mussing. the man in the baseball cap has reserved the seat. in what. was it was left by a sensitive moment thinking that lucas doesn't really exist because knows it is not the lucy that's there one certainty dearly departed problem is not just here it was that. finally nine passengers two babies and two

drivers a crammed into the taxi. a bass takes pride in his car which is twenty two years old. i was told it was an apollo never. going to do if. it was up because i think until the moment the bubble. the passengers with the vaccines finally leave the capitol. the ice meant to preserve the vaccines has now been melting for eight hours if the driver doesn't make this a do go in sixteen hours the vaccines will be useless and might as well be thrown away. the six hundred eighty kilometer road to kiss a dugu is strewn with potholes few drivers respect the rules of the road accidents are frequent.

even before leaving the capitol the driver's patience is tested. the two drivers constantly swap over. the boot is not exactly comfortable. two more hours a wasted in traffic. the deadline for the vaccine looms. the drivers decide to drive through the night. since the start of the journey there's been a strong smell of petrol in the car still no one seems concerned. the good news you can see. but yeah who did you decide to put my foot uncle in the selfish. me the petrol fumes might keep the evil spirits away

but highway robbers a real threat. yet you seem a little bit sorry for him do you live in france are pick this up. your mum didn't really did because you thank you so much me do. you feel you've got. to go to. school think if you do go. the stop is a welcome relief to the cramped passages their bodies age and their stomachs are empty. jet think only. you. can give them mentality you will believe you were ready but road is known.

as a precaution they wait until daylight before setting off again. by the early morning the vaccines have been on the road for twenty two pounds. even so sharif proceeds with caution. when. they come on the idea if you meet us in. now. that the. good judgment at these times is critical. the gamble seems to have paid off after twenty four hours the taxi arrives in kiss a do good. but luck is against them. the pharmacy is closed the ice has melted and the vaccines urgently need to be

refrigerated. someone to open up the problem with you know i. don't know their man got no no i'm going to advise you get one foot out. the pharmacist is on his way but one passenger is tired of waiting. but i think it might be that big will be more look at me now you couldn't make him out i like him and i got on well i mean there are good and we got better than another over and over again now but not by a little bit on. the pharmacist arrives an hour later he quickly refrigerate the vaccines relief all around. most villages and some towns in guinea lack the most basic services. kissa dugu and

its two hundred thousand inhabitants get only a few hours of electricity a week. the main hospital has an emergency unit that's reserved for pregnant women who can't. get it that mary i'm a nurse dashes off to the hospital's only ambulance the vehicle was donated by unicef thirteen years ago without the means to maintain it it's a miracle it's still running i'm. jus to the high price of petrol it can only be used once a day. can bring us up and that has helped me a process duchamp there are a thank you that you know men don't profit out of it so that's going to baffle them up and run.

all these little. that number it that they're what they're the outcomes that it's out now. nurses waste a lot of time tracking down patients in the bush there are no signs indicating the names of roads all villages. going to you know coma if you haven't got it right now where martin you know where the bottom of the. book come to you know what i mean i don't know i know a little moan about. two hours later and they still haven't located the pregnant woman. come into my house for the profit out of her that's not going. to make things worse the old ambulance breaks down. oh someone come up and do it now. but did anybody but think you did. dishes

out of court of course having fun with them. oh no madonna worry about how much money. i got for her and that's of no. no no no no no. i she waits for makeshift repairs mariyam bumps into the pregnant woman's father in law worried he'd set out on foot looking for help with going to. the medicare. medicaid. services some day and i'm not. after four days of agony both mother and baby are in serious danger from the little bit of medical center. because i'm just. not that much. there but given. that. i'm.

three hours after leaving the hospital merriam can finally attend to the patient. the baby is poorly position and the eighteen year old girl is in urgent need of a says area set. in rural villages grandmothers act as midwives assisting women with childbirth. was there for the first half of the books no more get out of. the back up that what about yeah i'll get the fuck out but for the. but then my husband tries to comfort her as best he can there's no stretcher and she lies on

the top flowing out of. the book we're going to talk about the bottom line of this it. if you want to know oh my now. i'm. not. i'm not i'm not saying. it's not. about you take up the. what. the hospital has no running water and the operating room has only one set of surgical clamps but there is and then the statistic. is soon asleep. this is airy and goes well but the baby isn't breathing. without the aid of respiratory machines the nurses do their best to save the baby but but.

now freddy said you. see. the school. bus in fact it may have been given for the movie. for my last. i don't want my assistant in the month. for days of contractions have paralyzed the mother's legs the hospital has no suitable medicines. they are but the same as if i must stand there and. watch. the movie but it. would do with a. gun shot. without

free public healthcare many families here are unable to cover basic medical needs the hospital pharmacy sells medicines for a tenth the price of the private sector but even these prices can be an affordable . concept to answer was i was there i was i was in guinea five dollars can change your life. maybe it's the camera or genuine sympathy but in the end of the pharmacist pays for the medicine himself. there's enough to treat his wife for a week. any longer and it'll be up to the husband to come up with more money. according to unicef fifteen thousand three hundred babies and three thousand eight hundred women die in childbirth each year in guinea.

getting medicines to where they're needed is a real problem. these medicines are on their way to a dispensary in the middle of the jungle. this won't be the first risky journey has taken. to get it was. going to be right and if you want to have you know what. i don't think you know yeah be able to do. front up. for you sometimes the food bank or. the money to somebody because we.

did you know my days over is what it would be so we're going to get it. right here. maybe. the mule track is actually a regional road it connects kissa dugu and forty five kilometers away. rather than your flat from apollo days going in and out of

a. going back up was it up to anybody. at each ball the rhythm of the spades receives and it's always the same t.v. . is encouraged. and like his truck stops its engine lacks power it will get to be that wasn't about it but then somebody else people. see the minute bradish i just wish we could start up you know a bit through a bond on the up but i don't want him to i could define it wanting it only when i

pulled it off he would have won i had to take what i meant. and guinea everything has multiple uses. the book or what i said duty on the bus. in the community that i said that's. something i want it. to mean. by nightfall they've been driving for ten hours. that it. might.

the nurse at the dispensary collects the packages of meds and. he's been expecting them for three months and the books is a quite small. he hopes they'll be enough to replenish his stuff. if. it will say it is your baby. give it you don't be don't. you know not but sample of live. among the medicine benjamin has received of vaccines against measles diptheria tetanus and polio he'll start vaccinating children first thing in the morning as he has no means of conserving the precious vaccines. by the electricity.

if. free will so by present it. got it into. the will of. this two year old is too weak to be vaccinated. designed to dili. you know i've yet to look back and. ramble you mad.

they. make. me if. there's a. point. in guinea one in ten children dies before reaching the age of falling. don't scarcely ever visit these remote villages. benjamin tries to fill the void he's only a nurse but an experienced one skilled nurses like him are

invaluable. the village is always grateful. subzero temperatures extreme altitudes. this is where the hard part is the extraordinary journey from the pathetic you start braved quite ordinary jointly. with two high up there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasures. risking it all with kurdistan at this time on al-jazeera. business updates. going places together.

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