Forbes March 27, 2025
A harrowing new study published in Nature warns that sweeping cuts to global nutrition funding could result in 369,000 additional child deaths every year. The analysis, conducted by the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium (ST4N), a global network of leading development and nutrition experts, finds that up to 2.3 million children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM)— the most lethal form of undernutrition— are now at risk of losing access to life-saving treatment.
“It comes down to this,” says Saskia Osendarp, Executive Director of the Micronutrient Forum, hosts of ST4N. “Seven children will die every ten minutes, not because we don’t have the tools to save them— but because money is being pulled. It’s hard to wrap your head around....
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