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A shepherd with his flock on Gouraye road, Mauritania
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A shepherd leading his flock to the border between Senegal and Mauritania, searching for pastures
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Main entrance of Agoinitt Health Centre,
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Awareness-raising session on hygiene and breastfeeding at Dafort Health Centre
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Sheikh Tourad, a nutrition supervisor nutrition with Action Against Hunger, talks with Fatima, a mother and beneficiary of a child malnutrition prevention programme
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Fatima, 33 years old, with her 11 month-old daughter Khadidja, pictured leaving an Action Against Hunger nutrition centre in Mauritania,
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Hassin giving a dose of therapeutic food to her 1 year old daughter, Rabia, to test her appetite.
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An Action Against Hunger clinician checks a child for signs of malnutrition in Mauritania
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A hygiene kit is given to a mother as her child is discharged from a nutrition clinic in southern Mauritania
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Measuring the height of Hamidou, aged 12 months.
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Measuring the mid-upper arm circumference, another malnutrition and access to food indicator
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In addition to management activities, ECHO-DFID funding is also geared towards immunizing children against diseases such as measles, polio, yellow fever and tetanus
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Yero Barry, head nurse at a health clinic in southern Mauritania, taking the blood pressure of a patient
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A theatre troupe working with Action Against Hunger perform a drama aimed at educating people about malnutrition in Mauritania.
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In the village of Keur Samba Kandji as in other villages, awareness-raising is done outdoors, in a friendly atmosphere, allowing the participation of everyone, children and adults alike.
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A young mother watches a community drama performance about malnutrition
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Fatoumatou Alissy, an actress and facilitator with a local theatre troupe working with Action Against Hunger in Mauritania.
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A mother and her son at a health centre in southern Mauritania
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Adjaratou Khalidou Ba, Mayor of Gouraye Municipality in southern Mauritania