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The Venice International Photo Contest

Federico Poggi

Emanuele Tozzato

Alfonso MontanariniFernando De LeoMatteo PescarinDavide Tozzato

Christine DiasDonata ZanPaolo Croci

dedicated to Lucia, my mother.

VIPC 2007 Sections, Categories and Authors

PSA APPROVED

Nature Division: 01 » Nature & Wildlife (general)

PhotoTravel Division: 02 » Photo Travel (general)

Electronic Imaging Division: 03 » color: Street Photography; 04 » color: Humor and Fun; 05 » bw: Architecture & Urban Sight 06 » bw: Nude and Glamour

Color Projected Division: 07 » Portrait 08 » Landscape

VIPC APPROVED

09 » bw: Humor & Fun10 » Children11 » Sports & Dynamics12 » Water13 » Macro Photography14 » Emotions15 » Fashion Photography16 » Photojournalism17 » color: Nude & Glamour18 » bw: Street Photography19 » color: Architecture & Urban Sight20 » Advertising

VIPC “POVERTY AND HEALTH”Special Categories

01 » Health care02 » Health promotion03 » Public health conditions04 » Vaccination campaigns05 » Welfare and social services06 » Participation07 » Community strength08 » Inner strength and resilience 09 » Employment conditions10 » Social exclusion11 » Women and gender equity12 » Early child development13 » Adolescence 14 » Housing15 » Education

LIST OF AUTHORS WITH ACCEPTED ENTRIES FOR VIPC 2007

Hesham Abouzekry (Egypt)Mehmet Akin (Turkey)Md. Didarul Alam Chy (Bangladesh)Claudio Allia Allia (Italy)Dane Allman (United States)Anthony Amorteguy (United States) Anthony Anderton (Australia)Vetre Antanaviciute (Lithuania)Eva Arnold (Hungary)Daniela Aroyo (Bulgaria)Marianna Bacci Tamburlini (Italy)Beata Bajno (Poland)Zoltán Balogh (Hungary)Tommaso Barsali (Italy) Valter Bártolo (Portugal)Nuno Bernardo (Portugal) Pawel Bieniewski (Poland) Shuvam Biswas (India) Claudio Bonaccorsi (Italy) Mcneill Bradley (Canada) Gianluca Capri (Italy) António Sérgio Moreira Cardoso (Portugal)Tin Sang Chan (Canada)Simona Ciobotariu (Italy)Marcel Clemens (Italy) Massimo Cristaldi (Italy) Vera Curioni (Italy) Andrijana Cvetkovik (Japan) Shantanu Das (India)Rajat Kumar Das (India) Roberto Del Togno (Italy) Seval Demir (Turkey) Luc Dequick (Belgium) Yvonne De Rosa (United Kindom)Marco Destefanis (Italy) Richard Dister (Belgium) Harjono Djoyobisono (Indonesia) Felix Dobritoiu (Romania) Estelle Dougier (France) Isa Ebrahim (Bahrain) Jean Claude Bacle (France)Alla Emelianova (Canada) Gábor Erdélyi (Hungary)Claudia Fainguersch (Argentina) Shoeb Faruquee (Bangladesh)

Nuno Miguel Almeida Barreto (Portugal)Thomas Fröhlich (Austria)Valentina Frugiuele (Italy) Stephan Funke (Thailand) Pattabiraman Gajendran (India) Yoav Galai (Israel)Andrea Garzotto (Italy) Davide Gasparetti (Italy) Boramy Gau (France) Lay Tin Gho (Singapore) Arup Ghosh (India) James Gingras (United States) Joy Goldkind Goldkind (United States) Graeme Guy (Singapore) Khaled Mursi Hammoud (Egypt) Mohammad Rakibul Hasan (Bangladesh) Eman Hesham (Egypt) Jens Hocher (Germany) Farzana Hossen Mipu (Bangladesh) Mohammad Ashraful Huda (Bangladesh) Attila Husejnow (Poland) Andrei Iliescu (Romania) Siddharth Jain (India) Erin Jennings (United States) Judith Jockel (Netherlands)Malgosia Karniewska (Poland) Golam Quddus Helal Kazi (Bangladesh) Sookwan Kim (Republic of Korea) Stefanos Kouratzis (Cyprus)Gianpaolo La Paglia (Italy) L.Diane Lackie (Canada) Siavash Laghai (Italy) Thomas Lang (United States) Diana Lapin (Italy) Ping FaiAaron Li (Hong Kong) Silvia Lisotti (Italy) Walter Lo Cascio (Italy) Ayman Lotfy (Egypt) Edoardo Luppari (Italy) Vivek M (India)Chairod Mahadumrongkul (Thailand)Bernd Mai (Germany) Coralie Maneri (Italy) Valeria Marin (Italy) Anthony Marsland (United Kindom)

Ettore Marzocchi (Italy) Joydeep Mukherjee (India) Somenath Mukhopadhyay (India) Dyutiman Mukhopadhyay (India) Lajos Nagy (Romania)Abhijit Nandi (India) Moira Nazzari (Italy) Khuong Nguyen (United States) Will Nunnally (United States) Thomas Ortolan (Italy)Rajsekhar Paul (Germany) Mark Paulda (United States) Nataliya Peregudova (Ukraine) Jacek Pulawski (Switzerland) Madhu Gopal Rao Rama, Arps (India)Régis Rampnoux (France)Agnese Rasura (Italy)Francesco Ridolfi (Italy)Robin Robb (United States) Deba Prasad Roy (India) Andrew Biraj Rozario (Bangladesh) Luigi Ruoppolo (Italy) Charles Ari Santoso (Indonesia) Gastone Scarabello (Italy)Filippo Scarpi (Italy) Raphael Schutzer Weissmann (United Kindom)Rüdiger Schwarz (Germany)Daniel Sempé (Argentina) Kallol Sen (India) Claudio Sica (Italy) Anil Risal Singh (India) Rafal Slowikowski (Poland) Ricardo S. Spinetto (Argentina)Marcin Stawiarz (Poland) Jan Stiff (United States) Suraphol Sukhumtus (Thailand) Ashraf Talaat (Egypt) Aleksandra Telus (Poland) Dao Tien Dat (Viet Nam) Theo Van Der Heijdt (Netherlands) David Vatovec (Slovenia) Vinay Panjwani Vinay Panjwani (India)Damjan Voglar (Slovenia) Kin Ming Wong (Hong Kong) Gene Wong (United States )

SECTIONS/CATEGORIES FOR VIPC 2007

The Venice International Photo Contest

Once again we want to thank every single person that, by trusting our project and joining our competition made our dream come true for the third year. 2007 was a big technologic challenge: running the classical ‘old school’ competition on a new tailored software framework and betting on an electronic submission environment ended up not only in a precise and bullet proof management system but led to a tremendous increase of entries received, also thansk to the sensible decrease of entrance complex-ity and cost to the users. Both entries and entrants increased about 150% compared to 2006: photographers from 84 countries joined VIPC!

We are happy to state that our mission of exhibiting and publishing professional and young photo artists has been successfully accomplished again, we promise to con-tinue with what has already been gained and move forward, working as hard as ever, because an independent and innovative photographic competition is what we are and how we want to remain.

Year 2007’s important milestones:

• “Best of VIPC 05/06” hosted by “Buenos Aires Club”, Buenos Aires (24 Sep);

• “Poverty and Health” exhibition for the Technical Consultation of WHO, World Health Organi-zation - Regional Office For Europe, Palazzo Franchetti, Venice (29 Nov - 1 Dec);

• “Best of VIPC 05/06 Slideshow” at the BBCC Expo in Venice (29 Nov - 1 Dec);

• Award Ceremony & VIPC Exhibition 2007, Santa Maria Della Pietá, Venice (8-22 Dec);

Federico Poggi and Emanuele Tozzato, chairmen of the VIPC, are particularly thankful to:

Wade Clutton (PSA), for the patience and trust he demonstrated as a judge, the judges Edwin Marcow (UK), Marco Pinna (IT), Seymour G. Pond (USA); dr. Erio Ziglio (WHO - Regional Office For Europe) for his interest in VIPC and the WHO staff Andrea Bertola, Sandra Miche-luz, Bianca Bortot, Theadora Koller, Vivienne Mary, Taylor Gee, Holly Nielsen; dr. Luis Alberto Steinberg, president of “Buenos Aires Foto-club” and his staff for the effort to exhibit “VIPC - Best of 05/06” in Buenos Aires; the director of Institute “S. Maria Alla Pietá” Clara Ur-lando and her staff; the president of “Regione Veneto” Giancarlo Galan; Anna Maria Giannuzzi Miraglia; “Istituto Veneto Delle Belle Arti”; Fulvio Landillo (Venezia Fiere); Giorgio Vidal (TvExpress) and Studio PixART for the technical support; 2night spa.

Special thanks to the core staff of VIPC for the never-ending support: Alfonso Montanarini, Fernando De Leo, Davide Tozzato, Matteo Pescarin, Donata Zan, Christine Dias, Paolo Croci and all the people that offered their time for this event.

VIPC 2007 MAIN AWARDS4

Best of Italy 2007: Ettore Marzocchi

Best of Europe 2007: Jens Hocher (Germany)

Best of Americas 2007: Will Nunnally (Usa)

Best of Australia 2007: Anthony Anderton (Australia)

Best of Asia 2007: Harjono Djoyobisono (Indonesia)

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Best Young Photographer 2007: Marcin Stawiarz (Poland)

Best Woman 2007: Alla Emelianova (Canada)

Vipc Grand Prize 2007: Suraphol Sukhumtus (Thailand)

PSA Nature Division - Nature & Wild

III. Hummingbird by Tin Sang Chan (Canada)

I. Lion With Warthog by Graeme Guy (Singapore)

II. Circle Of Friends by Khuong Nguyen (United States)

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Guepier Mating by Jean Claude Bacle (France)

Lo Sguardo Del Leopardo by Davide Gasparetti (Italy)

PSA Nature Division - Nature & Wild

I. Impalas by Davide Gasparetti (Italy)

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III. Albero Desolato by Agnese Rasura (Italy)

II. Autumn Forest by Lajos Nagy (Romania)

Antelope Canyon by Luigi Ruoppolo (Italy)White Peacock by Bernd Mai (Germany)

PSA Photo Travel Division - Photo Travel

I. Three Fishermen by Suraphol Sukhumtus (Thailand)

III. Education by Shoeb Faruquee (Bangladesh)

II. Tibetan Look by Richard Dister (Belgium)

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Pokots Se Coiffant by Jean Claude Bacle (France)Drying by Chairod Mahadumrongkul (Thailand)

PSA Photo Travel Division - Photo Travel

I. Cow@Taj by Suraphol Sukhumtus (Thailand)

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III. Namibian Himba by Gianluca Capri (Italy)

II. Lower Falls Of The Yellowstone River by Jan Stiff (United States)

Peeping by Kallol Sen (India)

The Man And The Sea by Md. Didarul Alam Chy (Bangladesh)

PSA Projected Image Division - Landscape

I. Lost And Found by Ping Fai Aaron Li (Hong Kong)

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III. The Dragon's Backbone by Anthony Anderton (Australia)

II. Eternal Life by Valter Bártolo (Portugal)

Yellowstone Geyser by Gene Wong (United States)

Paddy Field by Mohammad Ashraful Huda (Bangladesh)

PSA Projected Image Division - Landscape

I. Morning In Ladder Field by Kin Ming Wong (Hong Kong)

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III. Alarka Creek Bridge by Erin Jennings (United States)

II. Alone by Gábor Erdélyi (Hungary)

Oasi by Gastone Scarabello Scarabello (Italy)

Vecchio Olivo by Silvia Lisotti(Italy)

PSA Projected Image Division - Portrait

I. Mr. Mahmoud by Ashraf Talaat (Egypt)

III. Il Buttafuori by Walter Lo Cascio (Italy)

II. Sisterly Love by Lay Tin Gho (Singapore)

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Darwesh by Ayman Lotfy (Egypt)

Painting by Valentina Frugiuele (Italy)

PSA Projected Image Division - Portrait

I. Face by Kallol Sen (India)

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III. Careworn by Isa Ebrahim (Bahrain)

II. Sisters by Kin Ming Wong (Hong Kong)

Blower by Theo Van Der Heijdt (Netherlands)

Chris by Nuno Bernardo (Portugal)

Macro Photography

I. The Predator by Pawel Bieniewski (Poland)

III. Chameleon by Damjan Voglar (Slovenia)

II. Dittero Asilide by Agnese Rasura (Italy)

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Let Drop by Marcel Clemens (Italy) Bee by Rafal Slowikowski (Poland)

Macro Photography

I. Yemeni Filigree Jeweller by Yoav Galai (Israel)

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III. The Ant by Pawel Bieniewski (Poland)

II. Pyramid by Claudia Fainguersch (Argentina)

Hidden Dragon by Beata Bajno (Poland)

PSA Electronic Imaging Division - Humor & Fun

I. Dream by Ashraf Talaat (Egypt)

III. Fountain Of Fun by Somenath Mukhopadhyay(India)II. Pigeons In Paradise by James Gingras (United States)

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Manuel Fotograf by Thomas Frölich (Austria)

A Pranzo Dalla Mamma by Claudio Allia (Italy)

Humor & Fun - B/W

I. Erasmus Love by António Sérgio Moreira Cardoso (Portugal)

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III. Shy Guy by Didarul Alam Chy (Bangladesh)

II. My Brothers And My Pet by Joydeep Mukherjee (India)

Hero Worship by Somenath Mukhopadhyay (India) Exit by Francesco Ridolfi (Italy)

Children

I. Afroecuatorian Children by Coralie Maneri (Italy)

III. Look by Shoeb Faruquee (Bangladesh)

II. Bambina Malgascia by Agnese Rasura (Italy)

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Smile by Damjan Voglar (Slovenia)

Bambini Masai by Davide Gasparetti (Italy)

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I. Tribal Girl by Madhu Gopal Rao Rama (India)

II. Studying The Map Of Hungary by Eva Arnold (Hungary)

III. Senossa Children by Marco Destefanis (Italy)

Summer Workers by Siavash Laghai(Italy)

Little Dancers by Thomas Lang (United States)

Nude & Glamour20

I. Chris by Anthony Marsland (United Kindom)

II. Nude At The Street by Charles Ari Santoso (Indonesia)

III. Souldefender by Jens Hocher (Germany)

Cherry Nu by Nataliya Peregudova (Ukraine)

Leg Arch by Dane Allman (United States)

PSA Electronic Imaging Division - Nude & Glamour

I. Adagio 57 by Joy Goldkind (United States)

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III. Klara by Anthony Marsland (United Kindom)

II. Human Pyramide by Stephan Funke (Thailand)

M by David Vatovec (Slovenia)

Loona #1 by Régis Rampnoux (France)

Sport & Dynamics

I. Pause by Will Nunnally (United States)

III. The Moment by Golam Quddus Helal Kazi

(Bangladesh)

II. Catch Up by Thomas Lang (United States)

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Susanna by Claudio Bonaccorsi (Italy)

Jump & Dive by Shoeb Faruquee (Bangladesh)

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I. The Race by Farzana Hossen Mipu (Bangladesh)

II. Vogalonga by Edoardo Luppari (Italy)

III. Impossible Is Nothing by Gianpaolo La Paglia (Italy)

Dakar Squad by Siavash Laghai (Italy)A Moment by Md. Didarul Alam Chy (Bangladesh)

Architecture & Urban Sight

I. A Moment Suspended In Time by Marcin Stawiarz (Poland)

III. Havana by Andrei Iliescu (Romania)II. Red Walk by Bernd Mai (Germany)

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La Tour Eifel by Aleksandra Telus (Poland)

Dusk In Melbourne by Harjono Djoyobisono (Indonesia)

PSA Electronic Imaging Division - Architecture & Urban sight

I. Urban Signs by Gianpaolo La Paglia (Italy)

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II. Miami by Alla Emelianova (Canada)

II. Anamorfosi Del Potere, Milano, Piazza Affari by Filippo Scarpi (Italy)

Symmetry Of Darkness by Marcin Stawiarz (Poland)

Waiting Room by Massimo Cristaldi (Italy)

Water26

I. Boy Bath In Rajasthan by Siddharth Jain (India)

II. Sunset by Madhu Gopal Rao Rama (India)

III. Pearls by Harjono Djoyobisono (Indonesia)

Niagara Falls In Red by Alla Emelianova (Canada) The Fish & The City by Daniela Aroyo (Bulgaria)

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II. On The Way... by Marcin Stawiarz (Poland)Twilight Reflections

by Dyutiman Mukhopadhyay (India)

I. Silence by Alla Emelianova (Canada)

III. Water Cage Daniela Aroyo (Bulgaria)Life And Water by Joydeep Mukherjee (India)

Advertising

I. Eye Pencil And A Face by Jacek Pulawski (Switzerland)

II. Night Of The Dream by Judith Jockel (Netherlands)

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I. End Of Story by Daniela Aroyo (Bulgaria)

II. Untitled by Francesco Ridolfi (Italy)

Photojournalism

I. Pfanmoller Stefan by Luc Dequick (Belgium)

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III. Kid Stamping by Kallol Sen (India)

II. Lebanon War 2006 by Stefanos Kouratzis (Cyprus)

A Journey By Train by Golam Quddus Helal Kazi (Bangladesh)Paleteada V by Daniel Sempé (Argentina)

Photojournalism

I. Risky Journey by Shoeb Faruquee (Bangladesh)

III. The Pursuit Of Eternal Youth by Ettore Marzocchi (Italy)

II. A Train Accident by Andrew Biraj Rozario (Bangladesh)

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The Shoe Polisher by Khaled Mursi Hammoud (Egypt)Free Medical Care For Children by Tommaso Barsali (Italy)

Fashion Photography

I. Red Smile by Roberto Del Togno (Italy)

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III. Red Line by Will Nunnally (United States)

II. My Perfect Boots by Moira Nazzari (Italy)

Karma by Jens Hocher (Germany)

Dominio by Thomas Ortolan (Italy)

Fashion Photography

I. Mermaid by Jens Hocher (Germany)

III. Cabaret by Valentina Frugiuele (Italy)II. Conquest by Jacek Pulawski (Switzerland)

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Veronica by Andrea Garzotto (Italy)

Menina by Walter Lo Cascio (Italy)

Emotions

I. ..E Ho Ancora Bisogno Di Te.. by Walter Lo Cascio (Italy)

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III. Melancholy by Seval Demir (Turkey)

II. Airport Kiss by Ettore Marzocchi (Italy)

School Is Closed Today by Joydeep Mukherjee (India)

Poonakam by Madhu Gopal Rao Rama (India)

Emotions

I. For Your Eyes Only by Shuvam Biswas (India)

III. Telling Story by Thomas Lang (United States)

II. Comes The Bride by L.Diane Lackie (Canada)

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Emotion by Mohammad Ashraful Huda (Bangladesh)

The Man With Two Faces by Mehmet Akin (Turkey)

PSA Electronic Imaging Division - Street photography

I. Yet To Go by Abhijit Nandi (India)

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III. Mother & Child by Charles Ari Santoso (Indonesia)

II. Waterways In Thailand by Stephan Funke (Thailand)

The Street Drama by Shuvam Biswas (India)

Dandi by Kallol Sen (India)

Street Photography

I. Il Politico by Massimo Cristaldi (Italy)

III. Togetherness In An Alien Worldby Abhijit Nandi (India)

II. Paris Romance by Andrei Iliescu (Romania)

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Beggar On Road by Kallol Sen (India)

Tango by Bernd Mai (Germany)

High Score Accepted Entries 37

The Chess Players by Andrea Garzotto

Boy by Theo Van Der Heijdt

Loneliness by Kin Ming Wong

Lust by Nuno Bernardo

No Title by Alberto Ciavarella

Body Painting by Reinhold Leitner

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Grecia by Sebastiano Pedrocco

Freedom by Abhijit Nandi

Paola by David Vatovec

Young Child Helping by Tommaso Barsali

Natalie by Raleigh Rodger

Fusina, Laguna Di Venezia by Simonetta Busetto

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Start of Day by Dyutiman Mukhopadhyay

45Km/Hour by Saeed Al Shamsi

Under the Bridges, Sicily by Harri Jahkola

Palm Tree Forest by Kin Ming WongAcitrezza, San Lorenzo by Antonino Giallombardo

Morning Work by Ping Fai Aaron Li

High Score Accepted Entries40

Her Greatest Treasure by Shuvam Biswas

Going Home by Suraphol Sukhumtus

Two in Jungle by Suraphol Sukhumtus

Flood by Andrew Biraj Rozario

Cheetah Strike by Graeme Guy

Angela With Headdress by Lay Tin Gho

Special Category: 2night Glamour

I. Carnival Devil by Edoardo Luppari (Italy)

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II. Legs by Dougler EstelleIII. Il Buttafuori

by Walter Lo Cascio (Italy)

VIPC Poverty and Health Contest 42

The World Health Organization: extreme poverty as the world's greatest cause of illness and suffering across the globe.

Poverty is the greatest challenge to human development manifestations and causes exclusion, low quality food

supply, unsafe working condition environments, health services vulnerable to risks to health. People suffering

from illness susceptible to poverty die sooner and become sick more often than those in more privileged positions.

This photo collection and photos that preceded it, images portraying misery and exclusion, reflect the features and

assets that enable people to survive and overcome adverse socioeconomic conditions.

These pictures intend to return the true value of what has been unknowingly overshadowed and underestimated

by numbers and words: inner strength, resourcefulness and selflessness.

These photos reveal a world of energies, colours and humanity that goes beyond what words and numbers can

importantly only partially express.

Dr. Erio ZiglioHead, WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development

WHO Regional Office for Europe

images from VIPC exhibition at “Palazzo Franchetti” for the Technical Consultation on Poverty and Health, Venice 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2007

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I. Destiny by Arup Ghosh (India)

III. Wichi by Claudio Sica (Italy)

II. Laughter by Mcneill Bradley (Canada)

WHO Regional Office for Europe is co-sponsoring the sub-category on Poverty and Health and does not have any relationship or agreement with VIPC sponsors.

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WHO Regional Office for Europe is co-sponsoring the sub-category on Poverty and Health and does not have any relationship or agreement with VIPC sponsors.

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WHO Regional Office for Europe is co-sponsoring the sub-category on Poverty and Health and does not have any relationship or agreement with VIPC sponsors.

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WHO Regional Office for Europe is co-sponsoring the sub-category on Poverty and Health and does not have any relationship or agreement with VIPC sponsors.

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