A plan to get lifesaving food to malnourished kids was working -- until it wasn't
A program delivering ready-to-use therapeutic food to malnourished children in Senegal had been effective, but recent U.S. foreign aid cuts have caused shortages. Community health workers at over 500 clinics previously provided weekly supplies of Plumpy'Nut, helping children recover. The lack of the product now threatens the progress made in treating severe malnutrition in remote areas.
- ▪U.S. foreign aid funded a network of more than 500 clinics in Senegal that distributed Plumpy'Nut, a therapeutic food, to children with severe malnutrition.
- ▪The program enabled families like Yacine Lo's to travel weekly to a clinic and see improvements in their twins after receiving the paste.
- ▪Cuts to U.S. foreign assistance during the Trump administration created supply gaps, leaving many clinics without Plumpy'Nut.
- ▪State Department officials said $23 million is still allocated for maternal, child health and nutrition in Senegal, but did not clarify how the funds are used.
- ▪Health officials report that the shortages are causing setbacks in treating malnutrition in rural communities.
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Global Health A plan to get lifesaving food to malnourished kids was working — until it wasn't June 13, 20267:07 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday By Jonathan Lambert , Rolando Arrieta A plan to get lifesaving food to malnourished kids was working -- until it wasn't Audio will be available later today. Adama Faye (right), a community health worker, weighs the son of Ndiolle Diouf at the health clinic in the village of Keur Mbar to determine if he is malnourished. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ricci Shryock for NPR Yacine Lo's twins were clearly not well. Diarra and Khadim, her girl and boy, should have been busily toddling around like almost-2-year-olds they were. Instead "they were very, very weak," she says. "It's very sad to see your kids that way.
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