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VITA-NUTRIMENT TO FIGHT AGAINST MALNUTRITION

A recently developed home-based treatment for severe acute malnutrition is improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of children a year. ​

Bringing manufacturing sites closer to the final beneficiaries is a priority for UNICEF. 


Development of local produced products of RUTF is most economical to tackle this crisis.

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S.A.M. - THE FACTS

> Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a serious problem around the world.

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> 42% of the world's malnourished children live in India

Severely malnourished children are frequently sick and susceptible to infections.

 

> Many die. Those that survive often suffer brain damage and a lifetime on the margin of society. 

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