Image gallery - Sudan
A child eating “plumpy nut” can be seen here. The “plumpy nut” is a specially formulated peanut-based edible treatment for malnutrition. The treatment is given at the healthcare clinic in Gereida, a remote town in Southern Darfur, which the British Red Cross runs with the Australian Red Cross. The clinic treats 250 children for malnutrition. | | | 
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A mother can be seen here, feeding her malnourished child “plumpy nut” at the primary healthcare clinic run jointly by the British and the Australian Red Cross. Regular feeding with the “plumpy nut” treatment will reverse malnutrition in these children in about three months. The product costs about 19p a day. | | | 
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London-born British Red Cross delegate Fausto Prieto can be seen here in Gereida. Prieto, an engineer, is helping to rehabilitate safe water supplies after they were damaged or destroyed in the conflict. “The provision of safe water is one of the most fundamental aspects of any humanitarian response to a crisis like this,” he explains. | | | 
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A Red Cross supported health worker can be seen here, vaccinating children under five against polio at a camp for people displaced by fighting near Gereida. Six health workers can vaccinate up to 1,000 children a day in this way. The project is run jointly by the British and the Australian Red Cross. | | |  | |
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