A health worker carries out a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) test on a boy, accompanied by his grandfather Wali, to check the child's physical development.

A health worker carries out a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) test on Samikshya (3), to check the child's physical development.

A health worker measures Chisomo Tomasi (5) at the Ngabu Rural Hospital's supplementary feeding centre. Chisomo is the last born in a family of seven. Last month he suffered from a bout of diarrheoa...

A health worker at the supplementary feeding centre, in Ngabu Rural Hospital, distributes Plumpy Nut, a peanut based food supplement for malnourished children, to mothers for their malnourished childr...

A member of the Simao Mendez central hospital's medical staff carries out a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) test on a boy in the paediatric ward to check if the child is malnourished.

Chisomo Tomasi (5) eats the food supplement Plumpy Nut at the Ngabu Rural Hospital's supplementary feeding centre. Chisomo is the last born in a family of seven. Last month he suffered from a bout o...

A health worker weighs six month old Yamikani Aroni at the Ngabu Rural Hospital's supplementary feeding centre. Floods and unpredictable rains have destroyed crops leaving the region's largely peasan...

A health worker weighs Chisomo Tomasi (5) at the Ngabu Rural Hospital's supplementary feeding centre. Chisomo is the last born in a family of seven. Last month he suffered from a bout of diarrheoa a...

A health worker measures a baby at the Banja La Mtsogolo Clinic as part of a growth monitoring session.

A woman feeding her malnourished baby milk on the paediatric ward at the Canchungo Hospital.

A woman feeding her child Plumpy Nut, a peanut based food supplement for malnourished children, on the paediatric ward at the Canchungo Hospital.

A mother is washing her hands before feeding her sick baby who is being treated on the paediatric ward at the Canchungo hospital.

A volunteer health worker carries out a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) test on a girl to check if the child is malnourished.

Health worker Salimata Niang carries out a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) test on Ali Soumare's six month old son Bela Niang, to check if the child is malnourished.

Halimata Fall holds her 10 month old baby, Mahamadou Chubu, at the town's health centre where they gave gone to check if the child is malnourished.