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24 hours of emergency aid in Haiti

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© UNICEF Haiti/2004/Delvigne-Jean

In Mapou, one of the areas hardest hit by the recent floods, UNICEF nutrition expert Shannon Strother treats a small boy suffering from marasmus-kwashiorkor. His condition is caused by severe malnutrition. The boy lost both his parents to the floods and is being cared for by his grandmother.