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.
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.
"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.
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.
A South Georgia-based manufacturer has expanded its capacity to produce millions of packets a day of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to prevent and treat acute malnutrition.
Peace talks and diplomatic progress have raised hopes of an end to the war. But has there been any progress in addressing the country's devastating degree of hunger?
Dusty camps of displaced people have sprung up on the outskirts of cities. They ran from their homes because of drought, famine and fighting that involves the militant group al-Shabaab.
Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.
The U.N. finds that nearly half of all children younger than 5 in Afghanistan, some 3.1 million, are facing acute malnutrition. Mothers share their plight to provide the children sustenance.
A new report describes a region where hunger and malnutrition are sharply increasing — and only likely to get worse as COVID-19 pushes more people into poverty.
