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Partners: Nutriset,
Project Peanut Butter, Malawi Ministry of Health, World Food Programme
USAID Contribution: $130,400
Plumpy’Nut, a life-saving peanut butter, is currently produced
and will be used extensively throughout Malawi to save malnourished
children from early death as well as for nutritional supplementation
of adults and children infected with HIV. Plumpy’Nut looks
like peanut butter and is made with ground nuts, milk powder, and
micronutrients with a nutritional content similar to F-100 therapeutic
milk. It has been used in the food emergencies in Niger and Sudan
to save children’s lives with amazing success rates. Plumpy’Nut
does not require hospitalization or doctor’s care. It does
not need to be diluted with water and can be stored for up to 24
months in Malawi’s warm weather. Caring for malnourished children
in their homes greatly reduces costs associated with feeding centers
and frees up health workers to care for the most vulnerable populations.
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