DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
A child's height is measured during a screening process for malnutrition and malaria at a Medecins Sans Frontieres mobile clinic in a remote village. The province of Katanga has been severely affected by confrontations between Mai-Mai militias and government forces. Over 1200 people die everyday as a direct result of the RD Congo's long conflict; largely due to preventable diseases such as malaria, malnutrition and tuburculosis. .Kasenga, Democratic Republic of Congo. 19/06/2006.Photo © J.B. Russell