Chernobyl's Human Cost as the 25th Anniversary of the Disaster draws close.
Doctor and nurse in Gomel Childrens regional hospital,Belarus. Chernobyl's human costs are widespread affecting about seven million people.A generation later children are being born with birth defects ,heart problems and thyroid cancer.The crippled economy of Belarus has led to poverty, social problems and domestic abuse.
Photograph by Eamon Ward