Life-saving peanut paste for children unlikely victim of Ukraine war

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Russia's invasion has also raised fuel prices, making it costlier to deliver ready-to-use therapeutic food to where it is needed.More than 1.

Russia's invasion has also raised fuel prices, making it costlier to deliver ready-to-use therapeutic food to where it is needed.More than 1.7 million children in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are suffering the most lethal form of malnutrition as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in generations.

"This product...is literally what saves children's lives when they have already reached that really severe form of malnutrition," she said.Invented a quarter of a century ago, ready-to-use therapeutic food proved revolutionary in treating severe wasting, a deadly condition where underfed children are too thin for their height.

This is essential in remote and impoverished regions such as northern Kenya, where clean water and health workers are in short supply. The conflict in Ukraine is making ready-to-use therapeutic food more expensive, Unicef says. PHOTO: NYTIMES

 

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