“If we have sick children, we walk”: Hunger and healthcare collapse in South Sudan 22-year-old mother Athieng holds her daughter Athiei during nutrition treatment in Pariang. All photos: Sarah Easter/CARE In South Sudan, hunger is becoming deadlier as conflict, displacement, rising food prices, and damaged health services leave families struggling to find food and care. CARE-supported health workers are treating children for severe malnutrition, but growing needs are pushing communities and clinics to the brink. In a hospital ward in Pariang, 22-year-old Athieng presses her one-year-old daughter, Athiei, against her chest as nurses check the colored band wrapped around the child’s arm. The result falls in the red zone: severe acute malnutrition. “I came here because my child was sick,” Athieng says. “She was vomiting and had diarrhea. She also had a high fever.” After two weeks of treatment, Athiei’s health has improved. Her fever has gone down, and her other symptoms have eased.…