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Malnutrition
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A program by doctors of the world to help mothers and children suffering from malnutrition.
After a three-hour walk, Luisiano, three months old, wrapped in his mother’s cloth and all red from the clay-trail, finally gets to the health station of Cambuengo. The baby with a hagard look suffers from marasmus, a form of severe malnutrition. According to Rui, the supervisor of the nutrition center in Mungo for Doctors of the world, “Luisiano must quickly be taken to the therapeutic nutritional center in Bailundo which treats the most severe cases.” The center in Mungo only treats moderate forms of malnutrition. Rui must argue at length in umbundu, the native language, to convince Raquel, Luisiano’s mother; she will have to leave her home, her land and her other small children during almost a month.
Before obtaining their premix – a mixture of soja flour, corn and beans mixed with oil and sugar – as well as fouba for the child and a bag containing a variety of food, the beneficiaries must attend a palestra, a course on malaria, hygiene, nutrition... given by angolese nurses.
Reconstruction ? Some new buildings can be seen on the Ilha, this narrow Luanda coastline. Building projects that hardly conceal a devastating standstill. Despite considerable rich natural resources (oil and diamonds in the north) and the return of peace, the country remains in a dead-end. Economy ruined by the appara tchiks of this socialist state and by the western countries, corruption, laminated roads, families torn apart, health programs afloat, malaria, malnutrition.
The picture would not be complete if we omit the 12 million mines disseminated all over Angola, almost as many as the population of the country, which delay any idea of reconstruction. Heritage of a conflict that has killed more than half a million people who haunt the nights of the survivors.
On the highlands of Planalto, formerly the granaries of Angola, awakening is painful. The inhabitants hesitate between fatalism and trust in the future. The small town of Bailundo is falling in ruins, as well as its hospital with its shattered windows and pierced roof allowing the rain to pour in. The exorbitant prices of basic materials, such as concrete or sheet metal. Same picture of desolation in Mungo. Indeed old town Unita now has electricity as well as a motor tractor. Only problem: the brand new engine and the land cultivated belong to the police commanding officer.
Angola suffers from not moving ahead. Corruption, disastrous roads, expensive transportation, hamper the straightening up of the economy and health structures. Since 2002, Doctors of the world brings medical aid to a fragile population.
Text: Guillaume Plassais Journalist |
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lehr-stéphane, Angola, children, streets, humanitarian, Africa, topicality, interactive, visit, photographs, documentary, discovered, photo-report, hunger, malnutrition, journalist, journalism, humanitarian, AIDS, neuro-graph |
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08.01.2006 20:39 |
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MISSIONS DE MEDECINS DU MONDE
Un enfant attend la mort sous l' oeil impuissant de sa mère.
Les infirmières des huit postes de santé de la région effectuent maintenant les accouchements elles-mêmes ou, dans le cas de grossesses à risques, réfèrent les jeunes femmes à Bailundo. Un bloc opératoire, intégré à l’hôpital et monté par l’équipes de Médecins du monde, vient d’ouvrir à cet effet. Des médecins angolais seront à terme formés par un chirurgien pour traiter les urgences, comme les césariennes ou les ruptures utérines, conséquences d’avortements difficiles.
Autre projet : une maternité pour l’hôpital, car « les femmes ne restent pas plus de quelques heures par manque de lits.
La vie dans la région de Bailundo, au centre du pays, reprend lentement ses droits. Les derniers « desmobilizados » - les ex-Unita - sont sortis de la mata, le bush local, ou reviennent des pays frontaliers. De 1975 à 2002, les Angolais n’ont connu que les combats et son cortège d’exactions. Bilan : des familles éclatées, des jeunes gens en âge de travailler sans formation, des routes calamiteuses et des prix exorbitants, des hôpitaux sans ressources… On ne compte par exemple qu’un médecin pour les 200 000 habitants du municipio de Bailundo
© STEPHANE LEHR/DEADLINE PRESS PHOTOS |
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GUILLAUME PLASSSAIS |
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STEPHANE LEHR |
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© STEPHANE LEHR/DEADLINE PRESS P |
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01/04/05 |
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BAILUNDO |
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Singapore |
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© STEPHANE LEHR/DEADLINE PRESS PHOTOS |
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