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Video - 5,400,000 - Photographs by Marcus Bleasdale

A new IRC survey has found that 5,400,000 people have died from war-related causes in Congo since 1998 – the world’s deadliest documented conflict since WW II. The vast majority died from non-violent causes such as malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition—easily preventable and treatable conditions when people have access to health care and nutritious food. These conditions took the highest toll on children, who accounted for nearly half of the recorded deaths, despite constituting only 19% of the total population. Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale tells the story of the conflict and its aftermath.
Learn more at theIRC.org/congocrisis
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