Katanga, DRC in pictures1

The situation in the Katanga province in the south-east part of DRC, captured in pictures.

Submitted 18/12/2006 By Josie Views 13120 Comments 0 Updated 18/12/2006

DRC has plummeted in absolute poverty and many Congolese cannot face the most basic needs and are confronted to indiscriminate violence. In Katanga province, the precarious conditions and lack of access to healthcare structures is aggravated by the arrival of internally displaced people to their places of origin in very bad conditions and without any aid for their return. MSF works in the health areas of Pweto, Kabalo and Nyunzu, Katanga province, at reference hospitals as well as health centres and health posts levels. The objective is to provide quality medical assistance, improve the nutritional status of the population and respond to emergencies in the area. Activities include vaccinations, external consultations, supplementary and therapeutic nutritional programmes, surgery, laboratory activities, training of healthcare staff, emergency preparedness activities and supply of medicines and medical as well as logistical material.

Photographer: Cecilia Innes
Photographer: Albert Viñas
Photographer: Albert Viñas

Caption: Medical assistance at MSF hospital, DRC.
Photographer: Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
Caption: Medical assistance at MSF hospital.
Photographer: Veronica Nicola
Photographer: Alvaro Villanueva

Caption: Photo of the arrival and unloading of a cargo plane.
Photographer: Veronica Nicola
Caption: A young child carries a jerry can of water on his head. Given the influx of people and the limited number of water taps available, there was only enough output for five liters of water per person per day little more than drinking water. . In an emergency situation, you would like to have at least 15 to 20 liters to allow people to maintain basic hygiene, which is essential for preventing outbreaks of cholera and other diarrheal diseases.
Photographer: Barry Gutwein
Caption: MSF mobile clinic site in one of the three IDP camps. The medical team ran mobile clinics in each of the camps. They were treating malaria and other illnesses, screening children for acute malnutrition, and vaccinating all the children against measles, sometimes as many as 600 in one day.
Photographer: Barry Gutwein