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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. well market is up but 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 know. 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 packs his vaccines in a box with just enough ice for the trip. to. focus on the bottom and. the next challenge is getting the vaccines to a porter at the bus step of a downpour has caused huge traffic jams. was so pleased to 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 about them you can hear ambrose. after 6 hours in traffic the taxi finally reaches the bus stop a. follow up with careful instructions the pharmacist hands the vaccines to the owner of the bush taxi a bus. it was going to the family have been going down

but they are contacted by the bank at the bottom of the phone from people to look at the president to decide on what message the fragile vaccines are placed under the front seat. it was. one do not come over so if you need to do one do what you guys are going to continue to 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 cannot get anything done

more damage. than you can even get yes some of them stepped out. to drive a feel 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 massive. mussing that the man in the baseball cap has reserved the seat. and what. was this was left by a sensitive moment thinking that lucas doesn't really exist knows he is on. the loose he lives there one sunday dearly departed probably isn't going to hear the money that. will finally 9 passengers 2 babies and 2 drivers a crammed into the taxi. a bass takes pride in his car which is 22 years old. i was told it was never. going to

do if i'm going to fit into something else i think until the moment the bubble. the passengers with the vaccines finally leave the capital. the ice meant to preserve the vaccines has now been melting for 8 hours if the driver doesn't make it to do go in 16 hours the vaccines will be useless and might as well be thrown away the 690 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 driver's patience is tested.

the 2 drivers constantly swap over. the boot is not exactly comfortable. 2 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. the good news you can see. but whose job it is a simple fact that uncle jimmy something. the petrol fumes might keep the evil spirits away but highway robbers a real threat. yet you seem a little bit savvy to envy people who live here in france i think this up. your mum

did military because you thank you so much me do. you feel you've got a consultancy here for you to go to. the scots think you do go about it. the stop is a welcome relief to the cramped passages their bodies a and their stomachs are empty. and jeff think only. you. can give them how little you. knew you were going to be what 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 22 pounds. even so sharif proceeds with caution. pentagon thought to be on your feet. but now. that the. good judgment at these times is critical. the gamble seems to have paid off after 24 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. but the money going to them to open up was up 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. for think of the big opening or my look at my me now you couldn't make them out i like him and i've got them where i'm sure they are going because i'm not like that i didn't know over and over again now but i leave it on. the pharmacist arrives an hour later he quickly refrigerate the vaccines relief all round ok. most villages and some towns in guinea lack the most basic services. kissa dugu and its $200000.00 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 miriam a nurse dashes off to the hospital's only ambulance the vehicle was donated by unicef 13 years ago without the means to maintain it it's a miracle it's still running i'm. due to the high price of petrol it can only be used once a day. can bring us up and down the ship. process duchamp said the front girls that you know met their own profit a bit so that's going back to set up a raffle. was one of. that number that they have what they're the outcomes that is 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. going to you know coma if you haven't got a way where martin were bottom of the. book um do you know what i mean i don't know i know a little moan about. 2 hours later and they still haven't located the pregnant woman. only go back to the parking lot of her house it was not going. to make things worse the old ambulance breaks down. oh sun come up and do it now. but did anybody think you did. dishes out of court of course having fun with them. oh no madonna no worry about how much money. i got for her.

oh 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. someday and i'm not. after 4 days of agony both mother and baby are in serious danger from the little bit of medical center. that just. popped up. and they put him in. the hot tub. 3 hours after leaving the hospital mariyam can finally attend to the patient.

and the baby is poorly position and the 18 year old girl is in urgent need of a says area. in rural villages grandmothers act as midwives assisting women with childbirth. from their. first. books how to get out of. the back up what about get the fuck out what's best for the. but that my husband tries to comfort her as best he can there's no stretcher and she lies on a telephone out of. the book we're going to talk about the bottom line of this is. that one thing i want my.

i'm. not. about i'm not saying. that's not. somebody who got the. ball. 8 into. the hospital has no running water in the operating room has only one set of surgical clamps but there isn't any statistic a month 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 the but. now freddy said you. see if you. just put the large bundle in 5 if you have

a good one for you. for my 1st. don't go places. for days of contractions have paralyzed the mother's legs the hospital has no suitable medicines. your but 2 things that inspire must in their. own. who would do better. with him. but would. to sit down with. them. and. without free public health care many families here are unable to cover basic medical needs the hospital pharmacy sells medicines for a 10th the price of the private sector but even these prices can be an affordable.

concept to answer was i i i i was in guinea 5 dollars can change your life. maybe it's the camera or genuine sympathy but in the end 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 $15300.00 babies and $3800.00 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 1st risky journey has

taken. to get it when i was. going to tell you about it and if you want to have you know what. i don't think you know nobody will go to the. front up. for you sometimes you need something. to the money and somebody to tell you we.

did you know my days over is what you want to be so we're going to get it. right here. to give you. the mule track is actually a regional road make an excuse to do goo and 45 kilometers away. on your flat from a holiday school and i'm out of a. going back up in a few days maybe even. at each ball the rhythm of the spades receives and it's always the same team. is encouraged.

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 bethel a bond to fund the build up as i don't want burn time into i could define it wanting it only when i pulled it off and i bought it when i got it that's what i meant. and guinea everything

has multiple uses. to put us all what i said duty on the bus. in the community and i said that's. something i would like. to make. by nightfall they've been driving for 10 hours. that it. might. the nurse at the dispensary collects the packages of meds and. he's been expecting them for 3 months and the books is

a quite small. he hopes they'll be enough to replenish his stock. if. you will say it is you believe it or give it you don't belong to the on another sample of live. among the medicine benjamin has received of vaccines against measles diptheria tetanus and polio he'll start vaccinating children 1st thing in the morning as he has no means of conserving the precious vaccines. by the electricity. if. free will so far hasn't it.

got it into. the will of. this 2 year old is too weak to be vaccinated. designed to dili. that's in my. name you know i've yet to. be mad. and i want to. make. me.

be. in guinea one in 10 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.

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that is why don't they should they be people of no color exactly fatima bhutto meets marc lamont hill i very much thought i was going to get shot they look like a bad movie studio unscripted on al-jazeera. we don't want to die in the line of duty we just want to be protected so that we can do our job. front line health care workers say the government is letting them down as the number of dead sebas is 10000 in the u.k. . alone can put al this is all just there live from doha also coming up. we continue to plead for more testing still has not come any anywhere near the numbers that we need. to cry for.