2012 EGHI Global Health Student Photo Contest

The purpose of the Emory Global Health Institute’s Global Health Student Photography Contest is to foster cultural sensitivity by encouraging Emory students conducting global health projects in low- and middle-income countries to examine the culture and people with whom they are working. The contest also promotes awareness of global health issues on the Emory campus through the power of photography, and it celebrates Emory students’ success in connecting their interest in global health with the visual arts.

Mr. Robert Yellowlees, a successful Atlanta businessman who has had a lifelong interest in photography, gave a generous gift to the Institute to establish and coordinate this contest.

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“Yemeni Man”

Jennifer Chang
Rollins School of Public Health and Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Location: Saudi Arabia

When people think of Saudi Arabia, they associate the country with wealth. However, somehow that becomes translated into a country that is mostly developed and there is equitable access to healthcare. Equitable access to healthcare may be true for the citizens of Saudi Arabia, but may not be necessarily true for the thousands of migrant workers nor for the Yemenese who leave Yemen in search for a job. This picture shows a 20-year-old Yemeni man who is employed to take care of his employer’s camels. His employer now lives in the city and only comes to visit the farm on the weekends. There is no running water and potable water has to be brought in by tanks. This picture was taken several miles outside of Riyadh.

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