Posted May 25, 2011

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The very hungry, hard to reach in parts of Haiti

In this picture taken May 9, 2011, an American volunteer medical logistics worker carries an unconscious girl into a clinic specializing in pediatric malnutrition in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

                                           

In this picture taken May 12, 2011, a mother watches over her underweight baby girl, who receives oxygen and IV fluid, inside an emergency hospital run by the relief organization Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 12, 2011. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

                                             

In this picture taken May 6, 2011, a girl carries a shared steel food plate after eating a portion of oily rice for breakfast, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

In this picture taken May 5, 2011, a mother breast feeds her underweight baby inside her slum dwelling, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

In this picture taken May 6, 2011, a 6-months pregnant woman suffering from an urgent hemorrhage is transported by a nurse from a clinic to a hospital 45 minutes away in the back of a civilian pickup truck in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

In this picture taken May 6, 2011, Franciscan nun Sister Marcella holds the hand of a student at her free elementary school which provides several meals a day to students inside the Wharf Jeremy slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

In this picture taken May 10, 2011, malnourished boy Jameson, age 6, stands outside his mud-walled home in the rural Kenscoff area, Haiti, May 10, 2011. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of children just like Jameson and his 4-year-ol brother David Paul, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this picture taken May 10, 2011, malnourished brothers David Paul, left, and Jameson, ages 4 and 6, stand outside their mud-walled home in the rural Kenscoff area. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of children just like the starving brothers, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this picture taken May 12, 2011, Spanish doctor Pascual Caballero checks the abdomen of a badly malnourished child at an emergency hospital run by the relief organization Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 12, 2011. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

In this picture taken May 9, 2011, a baby is measured for improvement at a clinic for malnutrition run by Franciscan nun Sister Marcella in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

In this picture taken May 10, 2011, community health volunteers Hilaire Etienne, center, and Michel Raphael, right, weigh and examine a child for signs of malnutrition in the rural Kenscoff area, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this picture taken May 3, 2011, a boy bathes in a stream used for drinking water and which is also used for drainage of sewage, in Tomazeau, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

In this picture taken May 6, 2011, a woman gives a handful of rice and beans to her son, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this picture taken May 5, 2011, a mother breast feeds her underweight baby inside her slum dwelling, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti has long struggled with malnutrition, which UNICEF says is responsible for about 60 percent of all deaths in people under 18 in the country. The exact number of malnourished kids in Haiti is unknown, but health workers believe there are thousands of malnourished children, mostly in hard-to-reach rural areas, slowly suffering out of sight of the massive humanitarian effort in the capital. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

                        
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