ICRC treating children for parasites in the Pader district – Some 60,000 children living in 12 camps in northern Uganda benefited from a deworming campaign in 2006. Children between the ages of 1 and 14 – an age group particularly vulnerable to worms – receive a single dose of Albendazole, a medicine effective against intestinal worm infestation. The treatment counters the consequences of chronic worm infection such as anaemia, stunted growth, poor intellectual development and damage to vital organs and can lead to a 10% gain in weight. The ICRC carries out such campaigns twice a year in conjunction with Uganda's district health services.