Thailand, 1953 - The work of FAO's Nutrition Division covers a wide field, but much of it is concentrated on raising the levels of diet of children in the less well nourished parts of the world. Before a comprehensive nutritional programme can be undertaken anywhere, how-ever, it is necessary to know just what the existing levels are, the sort of knowledge that is most lacking in such countries. In Thailand, for example, FAO sent an expert, Miss Jean Ritchie, to join a Nutritional Survey team, on whose findings a country programme could be based. This photograph shows Dr. Amara, doctor in Ministry of Public Health, Who accompanied Miss Jean Ritchie FAO Nutrition Expert, examining two Village children and showing enlarged spleen of the smaller child due to malaria.