She is 16 month old and weighs 14 pounds. She was brought to the clinic by her mother. She has been faithfully following in the outpatient medika mamba program for several months with her daughter losing weight and not gaining. She also had another child that was in our inpatient program that recovered and continues to maintain a good healthy weight. She had diarrhea and a fever when she was admitted. Her father is a big truck driver and her mom stays at home with the kids. The family lives in a 1 room home made of cinder block and covered with a tin roof. They get their water from a hand pump or purchase water from a local vendor. They traveled 1 hour by motorcycle to arrive in the clinic. She was started on the F75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.

He is almost 3 years old and weights 21 pounds, which several pounds of that is due his edema from his kwashiorkor. He was brought the clinic by his grandmother. His mama abandoned him at his father’s house several months ago and since that time he as been not eating well and losing weight. He lives in a 2 room home with a 6 family members. The home is made of cinder block and covered with a tin roof. They purchase their water from a local vendor near their home. He was started on the F75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.

She is 2 years old and weighs 14 pounds. She was brought to the clinic by her mother. She has followed in the outpatient medika mamba program in the past but the family did not follow well and come to their appointments. When she was admitted she was severely dehydrated and weak. In the month before she was admitted she has diarrhea on and off and also had a fever for about 10 days. The family of 10 lives in a 2 room home made of cinder block and covered with a tin roof. They get their water from a river near their home and purchase drinking water from a local vendor. The family traveled 1 hour by motorcycle to arrive at the clinic. She was started on the F75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.

She is 15 months old and weighs 9 pounds. She was brought to the clinic by her mother. She has had fever for 22 days now and diarrhea for 8 days. She lives at home with her parents and 5 other siblings. One of her siblings died the day after it was born. The family lives in a 2 room home made of plywoods and covered with a tin roof. They purchase their water from a local vendor near their home. The family traveled 2 hours by taxi and motorcycle to arrive at the clinic. She was started on the F75 therapeutic milk and then graduated to the medika mamba program.