'Children just do not have to die' / Itai Madamombe.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Madamombe, Itai, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 pages)

Contained In:

Africa Renewal Vol. 19, no. 4, p. 12-14 19:4<12 2517-9829

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Seventeen-month-old Nana Moussa was on the verge of death, in a remote rural village in south-central Niger, far from medical facilities. Her frail body, which had shrunk to a mere 4.3 kilograms, could no longer prop itself up. Alarmed, Nana's parents walked with her all night to reach a village with public transport, and then rode for six more hours in an overcrowded van to Maradi, a regional capital. Like many other poor parents in Niger struggling to provide adequate nutrition for their children, they finally reached the Centre de récupération nutritionnelle intensive, a therapeutic feeding centre operated by the non-governmental Médecins sans frontières and supported by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

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