Kenya. Rift Valley province. Kasambara (20 km from Nakuru). The swiss non-governmental organization (NGO) runs the Rhein-Valley hospital. Female ward. Patients are all from the Kikuyu tribe. Close to the green wall and laying in bed, a sick woman suffers from a peuperal sepsis. On the other bed, a mother and her daughter suffering from malaria. The Kikuyu are Kenya's most populous ethnic group. © 2008 Didier Ruef