It’s a “ready-to-use therapeutic food” that’s had remarkable success in treating malnourished kids. The State Department says it’s still available. Factories and field workers have a different view.
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Edesia looks for clarity amid chaos of Trump cuts
Outside Edesia’s North Kingstown headquarters, bulldozers are busy digging the foundation for a giant new warehouse to store the company’s product: Plumpy’Nut, a life-saving fortified peanut butter to feed malnourished children around the world. The construction project, planned long before the abrupt gutting of USAID, is funded by private donors. The Bezos family gave $137 […]
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Indonesia launches free meals program to fight stunting
Indonesia’s new government started an ambitious project to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition and stunting, as critics question whether the program is affordable.
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PHOTOS: How 9 families cope when they can’t afford 3 healthy meals a day for the kids
“Severe child food poverty” is on the rise, affecting 181 million young kids. Here’s how families cope when their kids are hungry and they can’t afford to put 3 nutritious meals a day on the table.
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Sudanese refugees fled to Chad with hope. What they found is a bitter irony
It is the world’s largest displacement crisis: 13 million people have fled their homes in war-torn Sudan. In neighboring Chad, both refugees and locals cope with this extraordinary upheaval.
