Photo of a young Fulani child in the small village of Bele Kwara in Niger, West Africa

Looking at the bloated stomach, thin arms, and red/orange hair, this child is probably malnourished and suffering from intestinal worms.

Of every 1,000 live births in Niger, 256 children under five years of age die (2000 data, Unicef). Children like this one...

Niger ranks 174th of 177 countries on the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Index.

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