In pictures: Surviving Congo

This local clinic in Misoke is a simple brick building with a corrugated iron roof.

Nurse Ngegele Masasa says that it is equipped to deal with minor ailments only.

If someone in the village is seriously injured or stricken by the many lethal tropical diseases, there is a real risk that they will die before they receive treatment.

Life-saving interventions such as immunizations, antibiotics and transportation for surgery are lacking because of insecurity and poor infrastructure.