On his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump began a drastic reshaping of the United States’ role in global health as part of the first 26 executive orders[1] of his new term.
He initiated the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization[2], which works to promote and advance global health, following through on his first attempt in 2020[3]. He also ordered staff members of the...
About 19 million children under 5 around the world suffer from severe acute malnutrition[1] every year. This life-threatening condition kills 400,000 of them[2] – that’s one child every 10 seconds.
These numbers are staggering, especially because a lifesaving treatment has existed for nearly three decades: “ready-to-use therapeutic food[3].”
Nutriset, a French company[4], was founded by Michel Lescanne[5]. He was one of two...