South Sudan Child Survival Team

In South Sudan the IRC's child survival team must cover vast distances, often by foot, to provide life-saving treatment to children. Half the year, the added obstacles of heavy rains and flooding make keeping a steady supply of drugs difficult. The goal of the IRC’s community-based treatment programs is to give children access to high-quality, life-saving treatment for diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia, which are the main killers of children in South Sudan. By having communities participate, the IRC has effectively treated and helped more children.

Read more about the IRC's child survival team: www.theirc.org/what/page-28412205.html

Read a blog post from team member who is visiting "community distributors" who help provide health care in remote villages year-round: ircblog.org/archives/1930_1321467639/215 420

Photos by Emmanuel D'Harcourt/The IRC

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items are from between 07 Apr 2006 & 11 Apr 2006.