Operation End Starvation

Today, we're proud to launch Operation End Starvation (OES), a groundbreaking public-private partnership to end the leading cause of preventable death among children worldwide: starvation. 🧵

Today is World Food Day, and 43 million children under the age of 5 around the world are suffering from acute malnutrition, a crisis driven by conflict, extreme weather, and economic shocks.

But we know how to treat them.

Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) is a peanut-based medical food paste packed with the vitamins, minerals, and protein a severely malnourished child needs to recover.

Children too sick to eat regular food can recover in about six weeks, and a caregiver can give it at home.

What’s missing is the consistent funding to get it to every child who needs it. That’s why we’re building Operation End Starvation alongside governments, health workers, and partners to scale delivery of RUTF and end child deaths from starvation.

Want to partner with us to reach more children? Explore our procurement and funding opportunities: operationendstarvation.org/procurement

Every 30 seconds, a child dies from acute malnutrition. The treatment exists. Getting it to them is the hard part. OES just received a new $5M grant from the @gatesfoundation to fix just that. #OES

We have assembled an all-star team. New hires include a former aid mission director, a former chief financial officer of the Peace Corps, and a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer. Learn more about the team at operationendstarvation.org/team #OES

📰 NEWS: @elissamio at @devex covered the supersonic rise of OES

Check out her recent piece for an in-depth look at how OES was built, where our funding stands, and the first programs launching in Nigeria and Sudan this October. #OES #RUTF🌍

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