Adama Faye (right), a community health worker, weighs the son of Ndiolle Diouf at the health clinic in the village of Keur Mbar to determine if he is malnourished.
Ricci Shryock for NPR
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Ricci Shryock for NPR
A plan to get lifesaving food to hungry kids was working well -- until it wasn't
Through an innovative program, parents in Senegal had easy access to a therapeutic food that's a boon for malnourished kids. Now there are shortages. Health specialists say U.S. aid cuts are to blame.
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U.S. aid cuts halted Plumpy'Nut at 500+ Senegal clinics, collapsing child malnutrition treatment and forcing families to abandon care. The collapse reveals how critical systems dependent on external funding fracture under policy shifts—a governance vulnerability.
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