Around 20 million children worldwide are estimated to be suffering from this condition, of which only approximately 10 -15 per cent currently receive treatment using RUTF. UNICEF supports community-based management of acute malnutrition with ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF).
The organization is the primary global procurer of RUTF, therapeutic milk and other essential food products for treating severe acute malnutrition. Properly used, RUTF is safe, cost effective, and has saved hundreds of thousands of children’s lives in recent years. Severe acute malnutrition is a major killer of children under five, accounting for approximately 1 million deaths annually.
I captured the after impact of RUTF in kids at Sokoto, Nigeria.
For UNICEF
