Niger is once again facing a significant nutritional crisis: more than 1,500,000 children will suffer from severe malnutrition in the country this year. MSF has bolstered its curative programs in the Tahoua, Maradi, Zinder and Agadez regions, and by the end of July, 65,000 children had been admitted to these programmes. MSF has also begun distributing nutrient-rich food supplements to prevent malnutrition: more than 120,000 children between the ages of six months and two years old will receive this food during this most difficult period of the year.
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A mother and child take away nutrient-rich food supplements from an MSF/Forsani distribution site. Niger is again facing an important nutritional crisis this year: more than 1,500,000 children suffer from severe malnutrition this year in the country. 31st July 2010. Photo by Anthony Bourasseau/MSF
Women wait in line to take away nutrient-rich food supplements from a distribution site run by MSF and Forsani in Madarounfa, Maradi region, Niger. 31st July 2010. Photo by Anthony Bourasseau/MSF
A woman and her young child leave a distribution site run by MSF and Forsani with canisters of Plumpy Nut, a kind of nutrient-rich food supplement. Maradi region, Niger. 31st July 2010. Photo by Anthony Bourasseau/MSF
A distribution of high-nutrient food supplements in Maradi region, Niger. 31st July 2010. Photo by Anthony Bourasseau/MSF
A distribution of high-nutrient food supplements in Madarounfa, Maradi region, Niger. 7th July 2010. Photo by Anthony Bourasseau/MSF
Children with medical complications associated with severe malnutrition receive intensive medical and nutritional care in this Intensive Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (CRENI) supported by MSF in Guidan Roumdi. These children are about to be discharged having successfully completed their treatment, which includes therapeutic milk and ready to use herapeutic foods. Photo by Alessandra Vilas Boas/MSF
Women harvesting tinder and wheat in Zinder, Niger. MSF has been treating malnutrition in Zinder region since 2005. Photo by Jean-François Herrera/MSF
A young boy tends to livestock in Zinder, Niger. MSF has been treating malnutrition in Zinder region since 2005. Photo by Jean-François Herrera/MSF
A warehouse full of MSF stock in Zinder, Niger. MSF has been treating malnutrition in Zinder region since 2005. Photo by Jean-François Herrera/MSF
A young girl near a distribution site in Zinder, Niger. MSF has been treating malnutrition in Zinder region since 2005. Photo by Jean-François Herrera/MSF
A mother and child in Zinder, Niger. MSF has been treating malnutrition in Zinder region since 2005. Photo by Jean-François Herrera/MSF