A boy runs through the rain in Ghana

---

Fetching water from the local well in the small village of Akramaman. Zadok along with many of the children in his socio economic background suffers from helminth infections and have tested negative for allergies. Zadok is one of the many children in Gahna participating in a study by Dr. Daniel Boakye at the University of Ghana attempting to better understand the connection between high rates of helminth infections and protection from allergies and asthma.

---

Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Accra Ghana Africa
Photo credit: © David McLain / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 9-11, africa, allergy, asthma, boy, dirt, geocultcollection, journalismcollection, outdoors, poor, poverty, rain, road, run, running, study, wet, years