Malnutrition Treatment
More than 100,000 Haitian children under 5 face severe acute malnutrition.
Severe acute malnutrition is life threatening for infants and toddlers. A child who is severely wasted/malnourished is 11 times more likely to die than a healthy child.
There is a solution:
Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) has a 92% success rate in curing severe acute malnutrition in just 8-12 weeks.
We produce Plumpy’Nut RUTF in our Cap-Haitien factory, and distribute to children in need with the treatment of local and international partners.
We work with over a dozen Haitian clinics to treat malnourished infants and toddlers, and train nurses to use the best treatment protocols to save lives.
After being treated with Plumpy’Nut, severely malnourished children are able to reach their full potential to grow and thrive.
What is wasting?
The most severe, life-threatening form of malnutrition, wasting is defined as significantly low weight-to-height for children and infants under 5 years old.
Also known as Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), wasting reduces a child’s ability to fight illnesses like pneumonia and cholera, and increases their chance of becoming physically and cognitively stunted.
What is stunting?
Stunting is low height-for-age and the impaired growth and development of a child due to chronic undernutrition, especially during the first 1,000 days.
When a child is stunted, they are unable to reach their physical and cognitive potential. Stunting is irreversible, and leads to life-long consequences without prevention.
Together, we can save a generation.
MEET ALEXON
Alexon was 7 years old and weighed only 29 pounds, the average weight of a 3 year old.
He was too sick to walk or even stand, and no one knew if he would survive.
After just eight weeks of treatment, he was completely transformed and able to run, play, and return to school. Now Alexon is a thriving, talented teenager, and just graduated high school.