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  1. A community health worker checks a child's status as she eats Plumpy'Nut. ALERTNET/S.Vidyarthi, ACF-D.R. Congo

    Baby Wabiwa’s story - tackling child hunger in DR Congo

    02 May 2012 05:00 BST | Comments (1)

    Elisabeth Anderson Rapport | Solutions for a hungry world

    Volunteer health screeners are making a big contribution to tackle malnutrition

  2. Nako Kakala, 23, in the paediatric ward of Niangara hospital with her son Samuel, age 1. He is undergoing treatment for malaria on September 12, 2011. ALERTNET/Robin Meldrum/MSF

    Combating a massive surge in malaria in eastern DRC

    24 April 2012 18:07 BST | Comments (0)

    Andy Mews | Health and Science

    Katangans are particularly vulnerable to the bite of mosquitoes carrying disease, which thrive on stagnant waters, writes ...

  3. Lack of infrastructure beleaguers aid work in the Congo

    16 March 2012 11:35 GMT | Comments (0)

    Martin KARIMI / ECHO | Aid Worker Diaries

    The rising hills and the dipping valleys of the DRC are picturesque from the little cabin. Its nose slices through the low ...

  4. VIDEOS: Fighting maternal deaths worldwide

    07 March 2012 16:26 GMT | Comments (0)

    Medecins Sans Frontieres - Australia | The Word on Women

    Fifteen percent of all pregnancies worldwide will experience a life-threatening complication. The most critical moment is ...

  5. A woman carries bananas to market near Bukavu, South Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in this file picture. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

    Rural women face threat of protracted violence after war

    07 March 2012 03:23 GMT | Comments (4)

    Maria Butler | International Women's Day 2012

    Food security and the impact of conflict and insecurity on rural women are at the core of addressing the root causes of ...

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