Where’s Plumpy’Nut? A lifesaving food for malnourished kids is caught up in U.S. cuts

Where’s Plumpy’Nut? A lifesaving food for malnourished kids is caught up in U.S. cuts

Fatima Jubril lost her husband when the militant group Boko Haram attacked their farm in northeast Nigeria last September. Fleeing her village with her four children, she found shelter in a displaced persons camp – but then came another monumental challenge: Jubril came dangerously close to losing her 2-year-old son, Ibrahim.Jubril says the food rations in the camp were not enough so she was not producing sufficient breast milk for her young chi…

Where's Plumpy'Nut? A lifesaving food for malnourished kids is caught up in U.S. cuts - TPR: The Public's Radio

It's a "ready-to-use therapeutic food" that's had remarkable success in treating malnourished kids. The State Department says it's still available. Factories and field workers have a different view.