These photos, taken in June 2011, show the Provide Clinic in the settlement of Korogochi, in Kenya. The clinic is a UNICEF-supported health centre providing care and treatment for local women and children.
Living in Korogocho is tough. Over 200,000 people live within one square kilometre, squeezed in together with poor water and sanitation facilities.
Households in Korogocho spend most of their incomes on staple foods. Because of rising food prices, families cope by reducing the size and frequency of their meals. As a result, severe malnutrition is a problem.
A young child is fed high-calorie therapeutic food at the UNICEF-supported Provide Clinic in Korogochi, Nairobi.
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker/2011
At the UNICEF-supported Provide Clinic in Nairobi, a health worker assesses a young child's nutritional status by measuring his arm.
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker/2011
Mothers and their young children wait to be seen by a health worker at the UNICEF-supported Provide Clinic in Nairobi. Among other services, the clinic provides treatment for acute malnutrition, zinc supplementation for diarrhoea management and guidance on handwashing and other hygiene practices.
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker/2011
Young families attend the Provide Clinic in Korogochi settlement, Nairobi. UNICEF is supporting high-impact and cost-effective treaments for children and women in Korogocho, where malnutrition is a severe problem.
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker/2011
A community health worker monitors the attendance of the mothers at the UNICEF-supported Provide Clinic in Korogochi settlement, Nairobi.
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker/2011
High-energy, high-protein therapeutic food helps treat acute malnutrition in young children.
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker/2011
In Korogochi settlement in Nairobi, young children are weighed. This UNICEF-supported health centre provides treatment for acute malnutrition.
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker/2011
A young child is given high-calorie therapeutic food at the Provide Clinic in Korogocho, Nairobi.
© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker/2011
