Hydrocephalus

Indian girl receives life-saving surgery after donations follow AFP photos

May 15, 2013

Indian girl receives life-saving surgery after donations follow AFP photos

Michael Gold 0 Comment World Hydrocephalus, India, medicine, surgery

One month after an Indian father told Agence-France Presse that he was praying for a “miracle” to save his daughter’s life, 18-month old Roona Begum received free surgery for her hydrocephalus.

After AFP photographed and wrote about Roona, readers donated money to her family, allowing the child to be treated in a private hospital on the outskirts of New Delhi.

April 12 Photo Brief: Fire, flooding, poverty, Merkel muffins and bird flu

Apr 12, 2013

April 12 Photo Brief: Fire, flooding, poverty, Merkel muffins and bird flu

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Angela Merkel, Belarus, bird flu, chickens, China, Cusacks, elephants, farmers, figure skating, fire, flooding, Formula One, Germany, Hydrocephalus, India, Italy, lions, Myanmar, Paris, pigs, poverty, rainbow, Rio de Janeiro, Roger Ebert, Stephen Sondheim, volcano

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Angela Merkel muffins served in Germany, poverty continues its devastating toll in India, the volcanic Mount Etna erupts in Italy, poultry production ramps up rapid testing for H7N9 in China and more in today’s daily brief.