Malnutrition

All of the soon-to-be health workers who attended the July training in Mwense, Zambia were assigned the task of conducting interviews before they came with mothers in their villages to determine the most pressing health needs.  The Wasaidizi (health workers) in DR Congo shared their results with the group.  It's sad any of these items made it onto the list but especially sobering that malnutrition was by far the biggest concern.

Here's the number of times a illness was named as the mother's #1 concern:

Malnutrition - 30
Diarrhea - 13
Vomiting and Diarrhea - 8
Malaria - 12
Coughing - 10
Measles - 10
Lack of Education - 10
Smallpox - 4 (Interesting since smallpox is now eradicated in the world)
Tuberculosis - 3