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  • KABUL 04 August 2005..Dr. Parwani, Head of Dermatology at Avecina Emergency Hospital, looks at Shabana's lump. ..His first diagnosis is  Congenital Hemangioma, a tumor made-up of dilated blood vessels, and that it can be treated only with plastic surgery.....Hemangiomas are the most common type of congenital anomaly in childhood. Although many resolve spontaneously, intervention is required when their growth could damage vital adjacent structures. ..
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005..AVECINA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL....Janat cradles Shabana into his arms, and takes her to  the Head of Dermatology, Dr Parwani.....The Doctor will confirm his previous diagnosis as 'Hemangioma' a tumor made-up of dilated blood vessels that usually appears shortly after birth, although it may be present at birth. Hemangiomas on the face can be disfiguring and may interfere with visual development or cause obstruction of the airway. [.....]
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005..Shabana poiting her finger to the camera....Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl, was originally diagnosed with 'Leishmaniasis' a parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies; then with 'Hemangioma' a tumor made-up of dilated blood vessels that usually appears shortly after birth; and finally with 'Neurofibroma'  a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue [....]
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005....Shabana with her father.....Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl, was originally diagnosed with 'Leishmaniasis' a parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies; then with 'Hemangioma' a tumor made-up of dilated blood vessels that usually appears shortly after birth; and finally with 'Neurofibroma'  a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue.
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005....Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl, was originally diagnosed with 'Leishmaniasis' a parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies; then with 'Hemangioma' a tumor made-up of dilated blood vessels that usually appears shortly after birth; and finally with 'Neurofibroma'  a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue..
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005..Shabana poiting her finger to the camera....Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl, was originally diagnosed with 'Leishmaniasis' a parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies; then with 'Hemangioma' a tumor made-up of dilated blood vessels that usually appears shortly after birth; and finally with 'Neurofibroma'  a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue [....]
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005..MAIWAND HOSPITAL..Shabana sister sits behind her father in the pre-registration room. ....Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl, was originally diagnosed with 'Leishmaniasis' a parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies; then with 'Hemangioma' a tumor made-up of dilated blood vessels that usually appears shortly after birth; and finally with 'Neurofibroma'  a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005..Avecina Emergency Hospital....Second visit to Dr Parwani, Head of Dermatology at Avecina Emergency Hospital. He confirms that Shabana suffers of a Skin Tumor 'Angiomatous naevus' that can be cured only with Plastic Surgery.....Hemangiomas are tumors made-up of dilated blood vessels that usually appear shortly after birth, although they may be present at birth. Hemangiomas on the face can be disfiguring and may interfere with visual development or cause obstruction of the airway.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Shabana and her mother...A nurse is  taking a picture of Shabana shortly before the operation.....Shabana. a nine months old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s...
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  • KABUL 15 August 2005..Women sit around the doorway  of Maiwand Hospital RSU.....Shabana. a nine months old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Shabana in the operating room.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 04 August 2005..KHAIR-KHANA PRIVATE CLINIC....Janat Gul - Shabana's father - craddles her daughter on his harms while meeting Dr Ahnadi's assistant...Dr. Waheed Ahmadi, who works at Jamhoriat Hospital and also run is private studio, will refers Shabana to a Dermatologist...
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  • KABUL 17 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....Shabana in the recovery room with her mother...The previous day she underwent a four-hour plastic surgery operation. ..She will be dismissed in two days, Friday the 19th.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Afghan Doctors are getting ready to operate Shabana.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 17 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA)..The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU)..Procedure of Operation..Shabana's four-hour plastic surgery operation....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 17 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....Shabana in the recovery room with her mother...The previous day she underwent a four-hour plastic surgery operation. ..She will be dismissed in two days, Friday the 19th.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 17 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....Shabana in the recovery room with her mother...She underwent a four-hour plastic surgery operation.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Shabana's tumor has been removed.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Nurses & Doctors are preparing Shabana for the Plastic Surgery.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 04 August 2005..Khair-Khana, Panza Family...Shaid Nafus, a local resident, describes Shabana's desease to  an UNFPA Employee in Kabul  over the phone...
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  • KABUL 03 August 2005..Walking in a crowded street of Kabul, I come across a woman carrying  a child with a dark lump on her face. ..The only words the woman says to me are:' DOCTOR.... DOCTOR'...I write down her name & address:.."Shabana, Panza Family, Khair-Khana, Kabul"
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  • KABUL 17 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....Shabana in the recovery room with her mother...The previous day she underwent a four-hour plastic surgery operation. ..She will be dismissed in two days, Friday the 19th.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 17 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....Shabana in the recovery room with her mother...The previous day she underwent a four-hour plastic surgery operation. ..She will be dismissed in two days, Friday the 19th.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....During the four-hour of Shabana operation, Janat Ghul - her father - waits in the hospital's corridor. ....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour  operation on Shabana's face to remove her lump.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Shabana under total anesthesia.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Janat hands Shabana over to the Anesthetist. ....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s...
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005..Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl, with her father Janat Ghul.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour  operation on Shabana's face to remove her lump.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic surgery....Doctors at the RSU start to operate Shabana.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Shabana during a four-hour operation.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Shabana is getting a total anesthesia.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 17 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....Shabana in the recovery room with her mother...The previous day she underwent a four-hour plastic surgery operation. ..She will be dismissed in two days, Friday the 19th.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....A Doctor at the RSU  is holding Shabana's tumor samples. ..Those will be later examinated to know  whether the tumor is benign or malignant.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Doctors during a short break.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....A nurse at the RSU is watching Shabana's operation.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Shabana is ready to undergo a four-hour operation.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital..Janat is holding Shabana while Dr Aminullah Hamkar examines her lump. He is the Doctor who will perform Shabana Plastic Surgery on the 16th of August.....Shabana. a nine months old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by  the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus  provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 04 August 2005..PHARMACY....Janat Ghul with his daughter in the pharmacy...He buys the medicines prescribed by Dr. Parwani: vitamins, pain killers and antibiotics. ..Dr Parwani is the dermatologist who has visited  Shabana at Khair-Khana clinic. He is also the head of dermatology at Avencina Emergency Hospital ..
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour  operation on Shabana's face.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour operation on Shabana's face.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 03 August 2005..In a crowded street of Kabul, I come across a woman and a child with a dark lump on her face...The only words the woman says to me are:' DOCTOR.... DOCTOR'...I write down her name & address:.."Shabana, Panza Family, Khair-Khana, Kabul"
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour operation on Shabana's face to remove her lump.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 02 September 2005..Shabana lastest Pictures....On the 16th of August 05, Shabana underwent a four-hour operation at Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery Unit. At date the result from her removed tumor is still unknown.....Shabana. a nine months old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue.  It is an inherited disorder.  If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour operation on Shabana's face to remove her lump.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour.. operation on Shabana's face to remove her lump.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital....Doctors & Nurses are preparing Shabana for her Plastic Surgery.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....A nurse is taking notes during Shabana's operation.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....A nurse is talking to Janat before his daughter is taken into the Operation Room.....Shabana. a nine months old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 14 August 2005....Shabana is admitted to Maiwand Hospital for Plastic Surgery.....Shabana. a nine months old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour  operation on Shabana's face to remove her lump.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl is undergoing a four-hour  plastic surgery operation.....Shabana has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour  operation on Shabana's face to remove her lump.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour  operation on Shabana's face to remove her lump.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital.....Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl is undergoing a four-hour  plastic surgery operation.....Shabana has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 16 August 2005..Maiwand Hospital, Plastic Surgery....Doctors at the RSU are performing a four-hour  operation on Shabana's face.....Shabana. a nine months  old Afghan girl, has been diagnosed with a 'neurofibroma'. This is a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue. It is an inherited disorder. If left unchecked, a neurofibroma can cause severe nerve damage leading to loss of function to the area stimulated by that nerve.....The Rehabilitative Surgery Unit (RSU) at Maiwand Hospital is fully supported by the French NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA), also by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by the Embassy of Japan under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project (GAGP). The Italian NGO Operation Smile Italia Onlus provides training to the Doctors. ....Maiwand Hospital dates back to the rein of Nadir Shah in the 1930s.
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  • KABUL 06 August 2005.Shabana poiting her finger to the camera...Shabana, a nine-months old Afghan girl, was originally diagnosed with 'Leishmaniasis' a parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies; then with 'Hemangioma' a tumor made-up of dilated blood vessels that usually appears shortly after birth; and finally with 'Neurofibroma' a tumor or growth located along a nerve or nervous tissue
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