By — Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/africa-jan-june10-sudanss_03-04 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Children in Sudan Rely on Field Hospital for Food World Mar 4, 2010 10:05 AM EDT In February, NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro and producer Nicole See visited a Doctors Without Borders hospital in a remote part of southern Sudan, where patients often walk for miles to get treatment. The small staff at the mud-walled hospital complex in Jonglei province handles a variety of medical problems, including severely malnourished and underweight children, said See. It is an expanding program that feeds children on an inpatient and outpatient basis. “Some of the children that we saw were six, seven months old, and they weighed seven pounds,” she said. Watch a slide show of See’s photographs and her description of their reporting trip: We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko produced multimedia web features and broadcast reports with a focus on foreign affairs for the PBS NewsHour. She has reported in places such as Jordan, Pakistan, Iraq, Haiti, Sudan, Western Sahara, Guantanamo Bay, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Turkey, Germany and Ireland. @NewsHourWorld
In February, NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro and producer Nicole See visited a Doctors Without Borders hospital in a remote part of southern Sudan, where patients often walk for miles to get treatment. The small staff at the mud-walled hospital complex in Jonglei province handles a variety of medical problems, including severely malnourished and underweight children, said See. It is an expanding program that feeds children on an inpatient and outpatient basis. “Some of the children that we saw were six, seven months old, and they weighed seven pounds,” she said. Watch a slide show of See’s photographs and her description of their reporting trip: We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now