Ukrainian girl Anna, a victim of Chernobyl explosion, receives treatment for alopecia, the total loss...
Ukrainian girl Anna, a victim of Chernobyl explosion, receives treatment for alopecia, the total loss of hair, in Tarara, outside Havana. Ukrainian girl Anna, 13, a victim of radiation fallout from the 1986 power plant explosion in Chernobyl, receives treatment for alopecia, the total loss of hair, at the Paediatric Hospital in Tarara, outside Havana, April 26, 2005. Since 1990, Cuba has treated 18,000 Ukrainian children free of charge for loss of hair, skin disorders, cancer, leukaemia and other illnesses attributed to the radioactivity unleashed by the reactor meltdown years before they were born. Picture taken April 26, 2005. REUTERS/Claudia Daut Pictures of the Month July 2005