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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Yu, Taylor Zhang's wife, works at Zhang's clinic in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. Zhou is mainly responsible for the operation and management of the clinic. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taylor Zhang talks to patients in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Husband of Taylor Zhang's client Tumi Ontumetse views color ultrasound images of the fetus in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2023 shows the entrance of Taylor Zhang's clinic in Gaborone, Botswana. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taylor Zhang arranges a temporary bed for infants, which is designated for mothers seeking for medical consultation with infants, in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taylor Zhang answers questions for Tumi Ontumetse and her husband in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Taylor Zhang prepares to deliver a baby for a woman in Gaborone, Botswana, Sept. 11, 2023. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-PRIVATE HOSPITAL-CHINESE DOCTOR

(230913) -- GABORONE, Sept. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2023 shows the entrance of a hospital where Taylor Zhang's clinic is located in Gaborone, Botswana. It is 9 o'clock on a Monday morning, and people have been lining up at the waiting room of Taylor Zhang's obstetrics & gynecology clinic of a private hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Zhang, a doctor from southeast China's Fujian Province, embarked on a journey in 2012 as a member of the 13th Chinese medical team to Gaborone. During the three-year mission of medical aid, he performed some first-of-its-kind surgeries in the country. After the mission, Zhang chose to return to Botswana with his family, and opened his own clinic in 2015. In addition to his routine service, Zhang has been invited to conduct training for local colleagues, so as to help improve their skills in diagnosis and treatment of obstetrics and gynecology. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA-MALABO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230617) -- MALABO, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Musheng, a pediatrician of the Chinese medical team, communicates with a child's mother at a hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, June 14, 2023. The 32nd Chinese medical team arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, in July 2022. The 25 members of the medical team came from 13 hospitals in south China's Guangzhou, covering clinical departments including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and orthopedics. Since 1971, China has sent 32 batches of more than 600 medical team members to Equatorial Guinea, and the Chinese medical teams have made important contributions to improving the medical level of Equatorial Guinea and protecting the health of local people. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA-MALABO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230617) -- MALABO, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Debing (L), a physician of the Chinese medical team, checks on a patient at a hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, June 14, 2023. The 32nd Chinese medical team arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, in July 2022. The 25 members of the medical team came from 13 hospitals in south China's Guangzhou, covering clinical departments including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and orthopedics. Since 1971, China has sent 32 batches of more than 600 medical team members to Equatorial Guinea, and the Chinese medical teams have made important contributions to improving the medical level of Equatorial Guinea and protecting the health of local people. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA-MALABO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230617) -- MALABO, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Musheng, a pediatrician of the Chinese medical team, checks on a child at a hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, June 14, 2023. The 32nd Chinese medical team arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, in July 2022. The 25 members of the medical team came from 13 hospitals in south China's Guangzhou, covering clinical departments including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and orthopedics. Since 1971, China has sent 32 batches of more than 600 medical team members to Equatorial Guinea, and the Chinese medical teams have made important contributions to improving the medical level of Equatorial Guinea and protecting the health of local people. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA-MALABO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230617) -- MALABO, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wu Peiyu, an orthopedist of the Chinese medical team, treats a patient at a hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, June 14, 2023. The 32nd Chinese medical team arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, in July 2022. The 25 members of the medical team came from 13 hospitals in south China's Guangzhou, covering clinical departments including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and orthopedics. Since 1971, China has sent 32 batches of more than 600 medical team members to Equatorial Guinea, and the Chinese medical teams have made important contributions to improving the medical level of Equatorial Guinea and protecting the health of local people. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA-MALABO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230617) -- MALABO, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yang Binghua (C), leader of the Chinese medical team, consoles a patient at a hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, June 14, 2023. The 32nd Chinese medical team arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, in July 2022. The 25 members of the medical team came from 13 hospitals in south China's Guangzhou, covering clinical departments including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and orthopedics. Since 1971, China has sent 32 batches of more than 600 medical team members to Equatorial Guinea, and the Chinese medical teams have made important contributions to improving the medical level of Equatorial Guinea and protecting the health of local people. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA-MALABO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230617) -- MALABO, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yang Xiaoyi (2nd L), a laboratory doctor of the Chinese medical team, takes a photo with her colleagues at a hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, June 14, 2023. The 32nd Chinese medical team arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, in July 2022. The 25 members of the medical team came from 13 hospitals in south China's Guangzhou, covering clinical departments including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and orthopedics. Since 1971, China has sent 32 batches of more than 600 medical team members to Equatorial Guinea, and the Chinese medical teams have made important contributions to improving the medical level of Equatorial Guinea and protecting the health of local people. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA-MALABO-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230617) -- MALABO, June 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Weiwei, an obstetrician of the Chinese medical team, checks on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, June 14, 2023. The 32nd Chinese medical team arrived in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, in July 2022. The 25 members of the medical team came from 13 hospitals in south China's Guangzhou, covering clinical departments including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and orthopedics. Since 1971, China has sent 32 batches of more than 600 medical team members to Equatorial Guinea, and the Chinese medical teams have made important contributions to improving the medical level of Equatorial Guinea and protecting the health of local people. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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What China has done to help world go through pandemic

STORY: What China has done to help world go through pandemic DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Geneva CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view outside of the 76th World Health Assembly 2. various of China 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): LORRAINE HERNANDEZ, Obstetrics physician in the Dominican Republic 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AHMED OGWELL OUMA, Acting director, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JELENA BEGOVIC, Director, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI, Former chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India STORYLINE: The 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) concluded in Geneva on Tuesday with a focus on "saving lives and driving health for all." This year's WHA convened at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer considered a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and the world is moving towards a return to normalcy. At this cri

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Chinese doctors cure women with cervical cancer in Zanzibar

STORY: Chinese doctors cure women with cervical cancer in Zanzibar DATELINE: May 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: ZANZIBAR, Tanzania CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese doctors 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU HUAIJUN, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital 3. various of local people 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): LEMI SHIJA MBAYA, Beneficiary of the program STORYLINE: Many local women with cervical cancer in Tanzania's Zanzibar have been cured, thanks to the Chinese medical teams. Over the last 59 years, the Chinese government has been assigning 32 groups of medical teams to Zanzibar to provide medical services for the local people, train local medical personnel and promote the development of Zanzibar's health care. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU HUAIJUN, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital "We aim to complete the screening of about 32,000 women in the whole project in Zanzibar. In fact, we have accomplished more than 11,200 cases. We pl

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Visiting Saida, the starting point of Chinese medical team in Africa

STORY: Visiting Saida, the starting point of Chinese medical team in Africa DATELINE: April 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese medical team 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): LAMOURI NASREDDINE, Director of health and population of Saida province 3. various of Chinese medical team 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): DJILALI FERTOUT, Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Saida Maternity Hospital 5. various of Chinese medical team STORYLINE: On April 6, 1963, China's first medical team was dispatched from Beijing to Algeria. Later they arrived at Saida, a city in the northwest part of the country. Upon independence in 1962, Algeria fell into a difficult situation where almost all French doctors were withdrawn and the nation was short of medicine. At that time, there was only one doctor and one nurse in the public hospital in Saida province. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): LAMOURI NASREDDINE, Director of health and population of Saida province "The Chinese medical teams h

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TOGO-KARA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE MEDICAL SERVICE

(230226) -- KARA, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of the 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo inquire a local patient at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara, Togo, Feb. 25, 2023. The 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo on Saturday provided free medical services for more than 600 local patients at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara and donated medical supplies. The medical services included internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, and traditional Chinese acupuncture. The team, which is composed of 14 doctors from north China's Shanxi Province, works in Lome and Kara, Togo. (Xinhua/Tian Yun)

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TOGO-KARA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE MEDICAL SERVICE

(230226) -- KARA, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of the 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo measures blood pressure for a local patient at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara, Togo, Feb. 25, 2023. The 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo on Saturday provided free medical services for more than 600 local patients at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara and donated medical supplies. The medical services included internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, and traditional Chinese acupuncture. The team, which is composed of 14 doctors from north China's Shanxi Province, works in Lome and Kara, Togo. (Xinhua/Tian Yun)

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TOGO-KARA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE MEDICAL SERVICE

(230226) -- KARA, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of the 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo treats a local patient at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara, Togo, Feb. 25, 2023. The 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo on Saturday provided free medical services for more than 600 local patients at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara and donated medical supplies. The medical services included internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, and traditional Chinese acupuncture. The team, which is composed of 14 doctors from north China's Shanxi Province, works in Lome and Kara, Togo. (Xinhua/Tian Yun)

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TOGO-KARA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE MEDICAL SERVICE

(230226) -- KARA, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of the 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo inquires a local patient at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara, Togo, Feb. 25, 2023. The 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo on Saturday provided free medical services for more than 600 local patients at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara and donated medical supplies. The medical services included internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, and traditional Chinese acupuncture. The team, which is composed of 14 doctors from north China's Shanxi Province, works in Lome and Kara, Togo. (Xinhua/Tian Yun)

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TOGO-KARA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE MEDICAL SERVICE

(230226) -- KARA, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of the 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo gives acupuncture treatment to a local patient at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara, Togo, Feb. 25, 2023. The 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo on Saturday provided free medical services for more than 600 local patients at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara and donated medical supplies. The medical services included internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, and traditional Chinese acupuncture. The team, which is composed of 14 doctors from north China's Shanxi Province, works in Lome and Kara, Togo. (Xinhua/Tian Yun)

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TOGO-KARA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE MEDICAL SERVICE

(230226) -- KARA, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of the 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo gives medicines to a local patient at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara, Togo, Feb. 25, 2023. The 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo on Saturday provided free medical services for more than 600 local patients at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara and donated medical supplies. The medical services included internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, and traditional Chinese acupuncture. The team, which is composed of 14 doctors from north China's Shanxi Province, works in Lome and Kara, Togo. (Xinhua/Tian Yun)

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TOGO-KARA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE MEDICAL SERVICE

(230226) -- KARA, Feb. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of the 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo measures blood pressure for a local patient at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara, Togo, Feb. 25, 2023. The 25th Chinese medical team dispatched to Togo on Saturday provided free medical services for more than 600 local patients at the Medical Center of Pya in Kara and donated medical supplies. The medical services included internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, and traditional Chinese acupuncture. The team, which is composed of 14 doctors from north China's Shanxi Province, works in Lome and Kara, Togo. (Xinhua/Tian Yun)

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Scene in Ukraine

A newborn infant is seen inside an obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Kyiv on Jan. 31, 2023. Sticky tape has been placed over a glass viewing window to prevent it from shattering amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

A two-day-old boy is in the arms of his father at an obstetrics and gynecology hospital in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Jan. 31, 2023.

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Dominicans highlight effectiveness of vaccine from China's Sinovac

STORY: Dominicans highlight effectiveness of vaccine from China's Sinovac DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Santo Domingo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dominican Republic 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ARIS YVAN LORENZO, Legislator in Dominican Republic 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): LORRAINE HERNANDEZ, Obstetrics physician in Dominican Republic 4. various of the Dominican Republic STORYLINE: Dominicans who have benefited from COVID-19 vaccines from the Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac highlighted on Friday the help provided by China to face the pandemic. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ARIS YVAN LORENZO, Legislator in Dominican Republic "We Dominicans feel highly grateful to the Chinese people. At a time when the world was in the dark during the search for medicine to face a great challenge that was the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese people appeared and gave us peace of mind." SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): LORRAINE HERNANDEZ, Obstetrics physician in Dominican Republic "The vaccine that we

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - Women wait to receive obstetrics and gynecology services at a tent set up as an alternative for a quake-affected hospital in Lushan county in Ya'an, in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 21, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake the previous day.

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Clinic conducted unapproved tests on fertilized eggs

KOBE, Japan - Tetsuo Otani, who runs a women's clinic in Kobe's Nada Ward, speaks to reporters on Feb. 4 about the preimplantation genetic diagnosis he performed on fertilized eggs. Otani used the genetic diagnosis method on in vitro fertilized eggs from two women, contrary to the guidelines of The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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China sends nearly 40,000 medics to Shanghai in tough fight against COVID-19 resurgence

STORY: China sends nearly 40,000 medics to Shanghai in tough fight against COVID-19 resurgence DATELINE: April 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:13 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1 various of the medical teams 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO HONGYI, Medic from Shandong Province 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU QIUXIAN, Medic from Shandong Province 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): QIAN XIAOSHUANG, Medic from Anhui Province 5 various of Shanghai under temporary closed-off management 6 various of the nucleic acid tests STORYLINE: China has sent nearly 40,000 medics from 15 provincial-level regions to the eastern metropolis Shanghai to help curb its recent COVID-19 resurgence. Some of the medics treat patients in makeshift hospitals and some help with nucleic acid tests in local communities. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO HONGYI, Medic from Shandong Province "Our team members are from various medical departments, including ICU, pediatrics, obstetrics, haematology and respiratory departments." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU

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Thousands of medics nationwide rushing to aid Shanghai in COVID-19 response

STORY: Thousands of medics nationwide rushing to aid Shanghai in COVID-19 response DATELINE: April 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of medics arriving in Shanghai 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GAO HONGYI, Associate chief nurse of Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Shandong Province 2. various of trains carrying food and medicine arriving in Shanghai STORYLINE: As of Sunday, around 10,000 medics nationwide have rushed to China's business hub Shanghai to aid the megacity to fight against the resurging COVID-19. On Sunday, thousands of medics from provincial-level regions such as Tianjin, Hubei, Shandong and Jiangxi arrived in the megacity with a population of 25 million by 10 high-speed trains. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GAO HONGYI, Associate chief nurse, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Shandong Province "Our team consists of 23 medical staff from emergency, critical care, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, respiratory

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First baby born in Japan via in vitro fertilization

Masakuni Suzuki, professor who chairs the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Tohoku University School of Medicine, holds up a picture of the first baby born in Japan via in vitro fertilization during a press conference to announce the feat by his team, held at a hospital affiliated with the state university in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 14, 1983. (5th on the list of the top 10 news that happened in Japan in 1983)

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Vice President Kamala Harris Holds Roundtable on Black Maternal Health

Dr. Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, MPP, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks during a roundtable discussion on Black maternal health hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice in the South Court Auditorium in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Pool/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Vice President Kamala Harris Holds Roundtable on Black Maternal Health

Dr. Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, MPP, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks during a roundtable discussion on Black maternal health hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice in the South Court Auditorium in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Pool/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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Scenes of Pyongyang

Foreign journalists, in Pyongyang to cover the holding of the congress of the North Korean ruling party, visit the country's most renowned obstetrics and gynecology clinic on May 7, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of Pyongyang

Foreign journalists, in Pyongyang to cover the holding of the congress of the North Korean ruling party, visit the country's most renowned obstetrics and gynecology clinic on May 7, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Masakuni Suzuki, Japan's pioneer of test-tube babies, dies at 94

File photo taken in March 1983 shows a team of fertility specialists at Tohoku University, led by Masakuni Suzuki (in suit seated L), announcing their success in Japan's first in-vitro fertilization, at the university in Sendai, northeastern Japan. Suzuki, an honorary member of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine, died of pancreatic cancer on Nov. 23, 2015, at Suzuki Memorial Hospital in northeastern Japan, the hospital said. He was 94. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hospital Work During The Spring Festival

Obstetrics and gynecology nurses care for newborns in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, Feb 13, 2021.

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Hospital Work During The Spring Festival

Obstetrics and gynecology nurses care for newborns in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, Feb 13, 2021.

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Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Andrej Babis (for ANO) attends a news conference to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of General Teaching Hospital (VFN) in Prague, focused on Obstetrics of 21st Century project, planned construction of new centre of birth assistance, which took place at VFN clinic, Apolinarska, Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, May 21, 2020.

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Andrej Babis, Adam Vojtech

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, and Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO) attend a news conference to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of General Teaching Hospital (VFN) in Prague, focused on Obstetrics of 21st Century project, planned construction of new centre of birth assistance, which took place at VFN clinic, Apolinarska, Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, May 21, 2020.

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Andrej Babis, Adam Vojtech

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, and Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO) attend a news conference to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of General Teaching Hospital (VFN) in Prague, focused on Obstetrics of 21st Century project, planned construction of new centre of birth assistance, which took place at VFN clinic, Apolinarska, Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, May 21, 2020.

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Andrej Babis, Adam Vojtech

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, and Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO) attend a news conference to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of General Teaching Hospital (VFN) in Prague, focused on Obstetrics of 21st Century project, planned construction of new centre of birth assistance, which took place at VFN clinic, Apolinarska, Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, May 21, 2020.

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Andrej Babis, Adam Vojtech

Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, and Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO) attend a news conference to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of General Teaching Hospital (VFN) in Prague, focused on Obstetrics of 21st Century project, planned construction of new centre of birth assistance, which took place at VFN clinic, Apolinarska, Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, May 21, 2020.

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Adam Vojtech

Health Minister Adam Vojtech (for ANO) attends a news conference to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of General Teaching Hospital (VFN) in Prague, focused on Obstetrics of 21st Century project, planned construction of new centre of birth assistance, which took place at VFN clinic, Apolinarska, Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, May 21, 2020.

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New coronavirus

Photo taken April 21, 2020, in Tokyo shows a pregnant woman who gave up on returning to her hometown to give birth amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Japan, some obstetrics hospitals recently started refusing to accept pregnant women from metropolitan areas to prevent in-hospital infections with the pneumonia-causing virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken April 21, 2020, in Tokyo shows a pregnant woman who gave up on returning to her hometown to give birth amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Japan, some obstetrics hospitals recently started refusing to accept pregnant women from metropolitan areas to prevent in-hospital infections with the pneumonia-causing virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Premarital medical tests spreading in Japan

Jun Murotsuki, head of the obstetrics department at Miyagi Children's Hospital, speaks during an interview in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 24, 2018, about the growing popularity of premarital medical tests in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Clinic conducted unapproved tests on fertilized eggs

KOBE, Japan - Tetsuo Otani, who runs a women's clinic in Kobe's Nada Ward, speaks to reporters on Feb. 4 about the preimplantation genetic diagnosis he performed on fertilized eggs. Otani used the genetic diagnosis method on in vitro fertilized eggs from two women, contrary to the guidelines of The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Kyodo)