'The story of the woman who inspired Live Aid, one of the true heroines of our times.'
Michael Buerk

One of the most enduring images of the Ethiopian famine that shocked the world in 1984 was that of the young International Red Cross nurse who, surrounded by thousands of starving people and with limited supplies, had the terrible task of choosing which children to feed, knowing that those she turned away might not last the night.

That nurse was Claire Bertschinger, and those pictures inspired Live Aid, the biggest relief programme the world had ever seen.

‘In her was vested the power of life and death,’ Bob Geldof said.

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