CDC PHIL Images From This Week

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PHIL Images From This Week

0010724 12/31/2015 08:00 AM EDT Depicted here in this 2007 photograph,  was a Centers for Disease Control microbiologist,  and Special Pathogens Branch (SPB) staff  member in the process of inserting a rack of boxes  containing biological stocks into a liquid nitrogen freezer where they would be stored.

0013515 12/30/2015 08:00 AM EDT With her head tilted back, the picture depicts a  young Nigerian girl, as she was holding her mouth  wide open in order to receive her dose of  orally-administered polio vaccine.

008003 12/29/2015 08:00 AM EDT This is a statue of Shapona, the West African  God of Smallpox. It is part of the CDC’s  Global Health Odyssey (GHO) collection of  artifacts. A uniquely carved wooden figure, it is  adorned with layers of meaningful objects including  monkey skulls, cowrie shells, and nails. Donated in  1995 by Ilze and Rafe Henderson, it was created  by a traditional healer who made  approximately 50 Shaponas

0018485 12/28/2015 08:00 AM EDT This image depicts a group of school children who were seated  in the lunchroom of a metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia primary school  taking their daily lunch break during their school day activities. In this particular view, missing a front tooth, a smiling young girl in  the foreground was holding up a Red Delicious apple in her right  hand, which she’d extracted from her lunch bag, and was about to  enjoy as a terrific nutritious ending to her well-balanced meal.