Four African states running out of special food for starving children, aid group says
Aid cuts have led to shortages of therapeutic food, risking treatment for 3.5 million severely malnourished children in Nigeria and millions more across Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan.
- Kenya faces high levels of acute food insecurity, with an estimated 2.8 million people affected during the March-to-May rainy season, and RUTF supplies are expected to run out in October according to Save the Children.
- RUTF supplies in Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan are projected to be depleted within three months, as reported by Save the Children.
- Funding cuts may end nutrition treatment this year for 15.6 million people in 18 countries, impacting 2.3 million severely malnourished children according to Save the Children.
- The US State Department announced $93 million for RUTF supplies to treat over 800,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in 13 countries, including Nigeria.
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This time, the NGO Save the Children is sounding the alarm. At least four countries on the continent – Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan – are at risk of running out of "ready-to-use" emergency food in the coming weeks if needs are not funded.
4 African states ‘running out of special food for starving children’
At least four African countries will run out of specialized lifesaving food for severely malnourished children in the next three months due to shortages caused by aid cuts, Save the Children said.
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