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Valganciclovir Patent Set Aside in India read MSF's statement
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MSF hosts malnutrition symposium in NY Read more
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Malnutrition
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Nutrition Symposium: MSF and Columbia University are bringing together lead actors to examine how international nutrition and food aid programming can more effectively address the crisis of malnutrition. Read more |
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Tragedies and small miracles in southern Ethiopia "We are treating the most severely ill patients, but many others are suffering from hunger. They have exhausted their food stocks and right now they depend totally on food aid brought in from elsewhere. Food aid urgently needs to get through to these people so that they don't slip into acute malnutrition as well," explains Rosa Crestani, MSF's emergency co-ordinator |
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Sheleme's Story Follow the story of Sheleme, a little girl suffering from severe acute malnutrition and oedema, currently being treated in one of MSF's feeding centres in Ethiopia.
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Give children what they need to grow As global food prices continue to spiral, <media 1634 - cw_details>Campaign director, Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer talks to the BBC</media> and explains why children under the age of two have special nutritional needs that must be addressed.
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Talking to the Experts: Video seriesProfessor Michael Golden of Aberdeen University explains why ready-to-use foods work. <media 1259 - cw_details>Click here to see Professor Michael Golden</media> Flora Sibanda-Mulder of UNICEF explains why UN agencies are supporting treatment of severe malnutrition within the community with ready-to-use food <media 1260 - cw_details>Click here to see UNICEF's Flora Sibanda-Mulder</media> Dr. Jean-Hervé Bradol, President of MSF France, says that treating malnutrition is as important as trying to prevent it. <media 1261 - cw_details>Click here to see MSF's Jean-Hervé Bradol</media> |
MSF's Malnutrition Campaign
MSF's malnutrition campaign is advocating for targeted strategies to ensure children under two in malnutrition hotspots have access to the minimum nutrition they require. The campaign is calling on donor governments to change current food aid programmes to meet the nutritional needs of young children and develop approaches to providing food supplements. What is the malnutrition crisis |
Stimulating the Debate on Malnutrition
MSF took its malnutrition campaign to a meeting of key actors in the nutritional community held in Vietnam earlier this year. Read more about MSF's activities at the Standing Committee on Nutrition Read about MSF's malnutrition campaign |
Understanding Malnutrition
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