Reference :
V-P-SD-E-01554
Date :
19/04/2007
Caption :
Gereida, internally displaced persons camp. An ICRC nutrition monitor.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
The Red Cross nutrition monitor, measures a child's height and arm circumference to determine whether the child might be malnourished and therefore in need of referral to a special therapeutic feeding centre being run by the British/Australian Red Cross in the camp. The nutrition monitor, himself a refugee from the fighting, acts as a vital link between Red Cross medical teams and camp residents.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
2448x3264
Orientation :
portrait
Colour/B&W :
colour
