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for 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 on gold and diamonds. but most canadians never see the benefit. in the monkey. it up with 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 not give up on

a. 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 balls packed his vaccines in a box with just enough ice for the trip to. come on. the sunday puzzle meant. the next challenge is getting the vaccines to a porter at the bus step of a downpour has caused huge traffic jams. played was so pleased to see my little sister. guinea's capital conakry is at

a standstill. the taxis stuck in traffic for hours. vendors and beggars try to make the most of the situation. journey it was all things are going to. your south your bus and here come to no time to simply be with you to make sure about the meeting and young boys. after six hours in traffic the taxi finally reaches the bus stop. i. follow what's going on with careful instructions the pharmacist tie. as the vaccines to the owner of the bush taxi a bass. who would have a good heart was going to go for the sun we have been going down but they are

accepted by the banks that are not. going to be put in because of this event it is not what is best for the fragile vaccines are placed under the front seat. was. one do not come up is going to be very different to what you guys are then and it is going to be less about limited. government. i. look any has no real way on planes or 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. to not get if it was under water and it was that you could never get

yes i'm worried about me and now and the driver feels sorry for her and the deal is struck but another passenger is more of a problem he's hurt his hand and wants a window seat to see if. we can see the most in. most mussing. the man in the baseball cap has reserved the seat. was was this was enough by the sensitive moment think it was because nobody is the cutest kid knows it is not the lucy this year one certainty did early part a part of me is not going to hear it was that. i was finally nine passengers two babies and two drivers a crammed into the taxi like. a bass takes pride in his car which is twenty two years old. i was told it was never. going to do if i'm going to fit into something cause i think i'm to do the math of the all.

the passengers with the vaccine has 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 ninety 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 capital the drivers 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 lou is. 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. it is good news you can see. but yes we did decide to put my foot uncle to me something. like the petrol fumes might keep the evil spirits away but highway robbers a real threat. you seem a little bit. you can find out that this up. your mum didn't believe deborah because you thank you so much you. this girl you gotta come up with

something for you. guys think if you do this. the stop is a welcome relief to the cramped passages their bodies a and their stomachs are empty. jeff think only. you. can give them how little you. know you were going to but what 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. even so sharif

proceeds with caution. but you may think i'm going to be on your beat by beat up on. that. good judgment at these times is critical. the gamble seems to have paid off after twenty four hours the taxi arrives in kiss adieu good. luck is against them. the pharmacy is closed the ice has melted and the vaccines urgently need to be refrigerated. but the money going to come up with you know i. don't know no man got no no when you go to device you get one foot out. the pharmacist is on his way but one passenger is

tired of waiting. that's a good while before the big will be no matter what you might mean that you couldn't make them up like him and i got on well let me out then we got. up a little bit on. the pharmacist arrives an hour later. he quickly refrigerate the vaccines relief all around ok. most villages and some towns in guinea like the most basic services. kissa do go and it's 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 was. due to the high price of petrol it can only be used once a day. can bring us up and. catch up a process to show. the strength of the key not met their own profit. that's going to baffle them up and run. the world. that there won't be the outcomes that it out now the. nurses waste a lot of time tracking down patients in the bush there are no signs indicating the

names of roads all villages. were going to you know call them if you haven't got a ride wherever you go. but you know what i'm doing but obviously not don't come. a little down about. two hours later and they still haven't located the pregnant woman. come into. the parking lot of her house that was not going. to. make things worse the old ambulance breaks down. most of the time up and down out there for. you but if you do. have to shift out of court of course having a gun with them. are no madonna worry about how much money. i got for her and most of you.

know. 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 we're going to . do medicare. medicaid. services some day and i'm not. after four days of agony both mother and baby are in serious danger from. the medical center. because of this. tough stuff. there have been. three hours after leaving the hospital mariyam 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. the rules villages grandmothers act as midwives assisting women with childbirth. and books help or get up. well back up that while she i'll get the facts about what . that. bought them on the husband tries to comfort her as best he can there's no stretcher and she lies on the telephone of the robot about an open market. for the book we're going to talk about. but a lot of this is to think. that what you know. now. that i. am. such.

a slob anxious about you pick up the pick up the book what. the hospital has no running water on the operating room has only one set of surgical clamps but there isn't any statistic among you 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. not for the city you. see. the school. bus in fact if you have a good one for the movie for my first. place

it's something. huge full days of contractions have paralyzed the mother's legs the hospital has no suitable medicines. they all but the famously inspired must in their. own. that i would do but it. would be i'm doing god knows for the rules of what we're doing. to seduce women on the political i. can't shop. 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 i don't know if i was there so

i i was in guinea five dollars can change a life. maybe it's the camera or genuine sympathy but in the end the pharmacist pays for the medicine himself so 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 when i was

a little hurt you know but then if you want to every year know what. i don't think you know yeah be good will. i was. front up. to do something. the food bank. and. the money lead somebody was going. to do monday so who knows what it would be so we're going to get

a hit. right here. maybe. if. the mule track is actually a regional road it connects kissa dugu and forty five kilometers away. oh. oh you know what i'm here for that no not a holiday season and i'm not about going back up until a few days maybe even. at each ball the rhythm of the spades receives and it's always the same to you. is encouraged.

i like his truck stops its engine lacks power and flow good. that was about it by the number of the eligible. to be minute bradish i get this week for every nerve there through a bandage on the belly up as i don't want brown to i meant to work upon it continue on with it when i pulled it off you know what it when i took it i meant. in guinea everything has multiple uses. to put.

what i said on their bus. in the community that i said that's. something i would like. to meet. by nightfall they've been driving for ten hours. or that. one of. the nurses at the dispensary collects the packages of meds and. he's been expecting them for three months when the box is a quite small. he hopes they'll be enough to replenish his stock.

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 vaccine. if. so.

got it into. this two year old is too weak to be vaccinated. that's in my. family mad. i mean it. will be.

one in ten children dies before reaching the age of five. 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. with the villagers always grateful to. class. thanks.

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