Marcus Bleasdale | Colour Editorial

Mtwanga Poloty 11 years old from Kabambe receives treatment for malnutrition and malaria in the health centre at Dubie. The conflict here is going on between the DRC government soldiers and the Mai Mai forces. Civilians caught between the two forces are the real losers suffering from malnutrition, malaria, cholera, tuberculosis. These make up the largest percentage of the diseases which kill more than 90% of the dead in Congo of which there have been four million in the past seven years according to the International Red Cross. 2005

Nhulinga Yalo 7 years old from Kabambe receives treatment for malnutrition and malaria in the health centre at Dubie. The conflict here is going on between the DRC government soldiers and the Mai Mai forces. Civilians caught between the two forces are the real losers suffering from malnutrition, malaria, cholera, tuberculosis. These make up the largest percentage of the diseases which kill more than 90% of the dead in Congo of which there have been four million in the past seven years according to the International Red Cross. 2005

Outpatients in Dubie receive treatment for malaria in the health centre. The conflict here is going on between the DRC government soldiers and the Mai Mai forces. Civilians caught between the two forces are the real losers suffering from malnutrition, malaria, cholera, tuberculosis. These make up the largest percentage of the diseases which kill more than 90% of the dead in Congo of which there have been four million in the past seven years according to the International Red Cross. 2005

Graves around Dubie increase as thousands flee here from fighting in the region 2005

An abandoned hospital in Katanga 2005

The reception centre at the MSF hospital in Nyonga. The conflict here is going on between the DRC government soldiers and the Mai Mai forces. Civilians caught between the two forces are the real losers suffering from malnutrition, malaria, cholera, tuberculosis. These make up the largest percentage of the diseases which kill more than 90% of the dead in Congo of which there have been four million in the past seven years according to the International Red Cross. 2005

Nkistaha 3 waiting to return to the islands in Upemba after being treated for malnutrition in Nyonga, Katanga Province, DRC. The conflict here is going on between the DRC government soldiers and the Mai Mai forces. Civilians caught between the two forces are the real losers suffering from malnutrition, malaria, cholera, tuberculosis. These make up the largest percentage of the diseases which kill more than 90% of the dead in Congo of which there have been four million in the past seven years according to the International Red Cross. 2005

Upemba Park lake 2005

The health system in DRC is non existent with private health centres in all towns. the sick must pay for treatment many times by unqualified medical assistants. The lack of access to health care is the major killer in the brutal conflict in DRC where over 4 million have died. 2005

The health centre in Kisungi 2005

Nhgiu 4 years old receives treatment for cholera in the health centre at Kisungi. The conflict here is going on between the DRC government soldiers and the Mai Mai forces. Civilians caught between the two forces are the real losers suffering from malnutrition, malaria, cholera, tuberculosis. These make up the largest percentage of the diseases which kill more than 90% of the dead in Congo of which there have been four million in the past seven years according to the International Red Cross. 2005

A Clinic in Upemba park 2005

The health system in DRC is non existent with private health centres in all towns. the sick must pay for treatment many times by unqualified medical assistants. The lack of access to health care is the major killer in the brutal conflict in DRC where over 4 million have died. 2005