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  • A Malawian baby is weighed at a nutritional center for mothers and their children in Mwanza District which is about 100 kilometers west of Blantyre, Malawi, July 2, 2002.   Fabiano was one of many severly malnourished children who came to the hospital suffering from the ongoing food shortage in the region. The World Food Program estimates that 3.2 million people in Malawi alone will be affected before March 2003.   photo by Ami Vitale
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  • Malawian women suffering from the HIV virus lie in beds and on the floor because of lack of space at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, July 4, 2002.  In Malawi, as in several other affected countries,widespread poverty and the increasing economic and social disruption caused by a devastating HIV/AIDS crisis are additional factors disrupting agriculture and causing a growing food shortage which threatens 3.2 million people in Malawi -- 500,000 of which are already affected by the crisis.  The food crisis is part of a region-wide shortage affecting several countries in southern Africa, the result of a combination of harsh climatic conditions (droughts and flooding), poor management of food reserves and political and economic instability.
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  • A Malawian girl carries beans back to her village of Murela in the Phalombe District which is east of Blantyre, Malawi, July 3, 2002.   After the droughts and flooding in the last year, half of the students stopped goign to school because of  the ongoing food shortage in the region. The World Food Program estimates that 3.2 million people in Malawi alone will be affected before March 2003.
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  • A Malawian fisherman shows off one of the bigger fish he caught after attempting to catch a miniscule amount of fish to feed his family in the village of Mtema Nyema in the Phalombe District which is east of Blantyre, Malawi, July 3, 2002.   After the droughts and flooding in the last year, there is a massive ongoing food shortage in the region and many farmers have been forced to fish the small ponds in search of food. The World Food Program estimates that 3.2 million people in Malawi alone will be affected before March 2003.
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  • A Malawian women suffering from the HIV virus lies in her bed with a cross put on her by a relative at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.  In Malawi, as in several other affected countries,widespread poverty and the increasing economic and social disruption caused by a devastating HIV/AIDS crisis are additional factors disrupting agriculture and causing a growing food shortage which threatens 3.2 million people in Malawi -- 500,000 of which are already affected by the crisis.  The food crisis is part of a region-wide shortage affecting several countries in southern Africa, the result of a combination of harsh climatic conditions (droughts and flooding), poor management of food reserves and political and economic instability.
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  • A Malawian trader carries a pig on the back of his bike through the village of Makhwata in Malawi, July 1, 2002.  Because of the droughts and flooding in the last year, most Malawians were unable to buy seeds to grow their own food and are suffering from malnutrition because of the ongoing food shortage in the region. The World Food Program estimates that 3.2 million people in Malawi alone will be affected before March 2003.   (photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Erita Tsamba prepares dinner for the community child care program in Michinji District Hospital June 29, 2002. Because of the droughts and flooding in the last year, most Malawians were unable to buy seeds to grow their own food and are suffering from malnutrition because of the ongoing food shortage in the region. The World Food Program estimates that 3.2 million people in Malawi alone will be affected before March 2003. US Lawmakers expressed support  for helping southern Africa avert a famine that threatens nearly 13 million people. But they also accused regional leaders of aggravating the food crisis originally caused by floods and drought.
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  • A Malawian woman suffering from the HIV virus lies in her bed with a cross put on her by a relative at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, July 4, 2002.  In Malawi, as in several other affected countries,widespread poverty and the increasing economic and social disruption caused by a devastating HIV/AIDS crisis are additional factors disrupting agriculture and causing a growing food shortage which threatens 3.2 million people in Malawi -- 500,000 of which are already affected by the crisis.  The food crisis is part of a region-wide shortage affecting several countries in southern Africa, the result of a combination of harsh climatic conditions (droughts and flooding), poor management of food reserves and political and economic instability.
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