Reference : V-P-AF-E-01919
Date : 17/01/2013
Country/Region : AFGHANISTAN
Caption : Kandahar, Mirwais hospital. A young patient in the malnutrition ward. Those admitted with signs of starvation are put on emergency feeding programmes.
Photographer : MAGUIRE, Sean
Confidentiality level : public
Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions
Copyright : ICRC
Description : The ICRC has been supporting Mirwais since 1996, and the hospital plays a vital role in delivering healthcare in the south of Afghanistan. It is the main surgical, emergency and maternity hospital for around five million people. The ICRC is supplying drugs, training and other support, as well as helping to reconstruct parts of the hospital in need of modernisation.
Original material : digital
Resolution : 3888x2592
Orientation : landscape
Colour/B&W : colour

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