In a Dry Land, Health Workers Help Malnourished Neighbors Survive
Using simple tools for screening the basic nutritional status of their neighbors, trained health workers in Ethiopia ensure food aid goes to the families needing it most.
Forty volunteer extension workers in the Afar region of Ethiopia were trained by Oxfam partner APDA to help people suffering from acute malnutrition. Their treatment targets children and young mothers struggling to breastfeed newborn babies.