Around the world, more than 45 million children under the age of five experience acute malnutrition annually. Approximately two million will die as a result.

Climatic shocks have created a devastating food insecurity crisis across East Africa. Over the last few years, the dangerous combination of prolonged drought and flooding has led to soaring levels of severe malnutrition, especially among children.

Dr. Abdullahi Mohamed and Dr. Ahmed Adan are making significant efforts to transform malnutrition prevention and treatment.

A simplified, combined protocol is equally effective, more costefficient, and easier to scale than the current approach to wasting treatment

Continuing Care During COVID-19: Adopting Life-Saving Approaches to Treat Acute Malnutrition

The IRC conducted a pilot in South Sudan to determine the feasibility of low-literate community health workers providing treatment for severe acute malnutrition in their communities.

This study assesses the feasibility of low-literate community health workers in South Sudan providing treatment for severe acute malnutrition in their homes.

The analysis examines eight community management of acute malnutrition programs, looking at how variations in program features, as well as differences in the contexts in which these programs were run, impacted their cost efficiency.

A memo summarizing the ways the world could become more effective in saving the lives of children impacted by acute malnutrition.