U.S. Aid Cuts Trigger Therapeutic Food Shortages for Senegal's Malnourished Children

3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jun 13

Senegalese children with acute malnutrition are losing access to therapeutic food that had been readily available through an innovative local distribution program.
Health specialists say the shortages stem from U.S. aid cuts, which disrupted supplies of the nutrient-dense treatment used to stabilize undernourished children.
The squeeze hits parents who had been able to obtain the food close to home, undermining a system designed to speed treatment before cases worsen.
The shortfall highlights how reductions in foreign assistance can quickly ripple into frontline child nutrition programs in vulnerable communities.

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