Ready To Use Therapeutic Food Saving lives one pack a time

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Severe acute malnutrition, also known as wasting, is the leading cause of infant deaths, almost 1 in 5. The main cause of malnutrition is the lack of nutritious food making them thin, frail, and prone to life-threatening diseases. When malnutritioned children are not cared for or given enough supplements to combat the health condition, their immune systems are weak, leaving them vulnerable to developmental delays, disease, or worse death.

 

In a world where the number of malnutritioned kids is alarmingly increasing, world organizations are working closely with manufacturers of fortified peanut paste to create miracles in a packet - ready-to-use therapeutic food made from peanuts. This life-saving paste is a dietary supplement that can tackle malnutrition and its lethal effects.

 

Thousands of children are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition if adequate therapeutic care is not provided, UNICEF warns

 

World organizations have time and again raised concerns about the alarming number of malnutrition cases worldwide. Reduced access to basic health, nutrition and water, and sanitation services as a result of escalating violence, coupled with soaring food prices, inflation, and food insecurity in most countries have contributed to the growing numbers.

 

UNICEF is closely working with global partners for the early detection and treatment of children with SAM and additional life-threatening forms of malnutrition. The larger vision is to save lives and put these children on the path to a healthy life by supporting healthy growth and development.

 

Ready-to-use therapeutic food or RUTF is a nutritious peanut paste, that comes in single-serving sachets. Malnourished children need a regular diet of two sachets per day to gain enough weight to overcome malnutrition and manufacturers across the globe are bridging this gap by offering private label RUTF solutions to world organizations.

 

While malnutrition is a global crisis, India also has its fair share of battles with SAM, with children in rural areas being impacted by the ill effects of malnutrition.

 

India has 5,772,472 children below five years affected by severe wasting — the most in the world, alerted UNICEF.

 




The awareness around malnutrition and the solutions offered to treat the condition is still in its growing phases. With the government taking measures to ensure children have a healthy life ahead, by offering effective measures, RUTF is a concept that is slowly being accepted as an effective measure.

 

RUTF is the gold standard when it comes to combatting malnutrition and so it is vital to know the seriousness of the situation and the efficacy of the solution at hand. The nutritious paste comes in sachets that can easily be mixed with water to give malnutritioned children a chance at life.

 

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