Valid Nutrition (RCN 20065737)

The artist, Sara Kyne has created an exhibition of 22 inspirational people who have dedicated their lives to making the world a better place for others. Dr Steve Collins, MBE is one of those honoured this summer at the Knock Museum. knockshrine.ie/sara-kyne-art-…

If #plantbased products or helping to turn the tide on #Acutemalnutrition is your interest, then listen carefully to this excellent #N4D podcast with Dr Steve Collins, MBE. shows.acast.com/644261bb996c17…

#aidevelopment #sustainabledevelopment #localisation Here's a timely and constructive article from The New Humanitarian's Editor - Jessica Alexandar. thenewhumanitarian.org/editors-take/2…

#malnutrition #RUTF Interesting opinion article in Newsweek (below). VALID agrees - "Children are suffering now - and it is inexcusable to let proven solutions sit on the shelf - especially when the funding is on the table." newsweek.com/simple-solutio…

Sadly, Somalia is on the brink of famine. We must address the bigger lessons this time around - the need to reform an aid system that delivers short-term solutions but fails to end what is an unjust, imbalance of power. thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2022/0…

#Malnutrition #Famine #HornOfAfrica You don’t need to be an expert to understand that treating a child with a safe, efficacious, and #costeffective, #plantbased, #RUTF is better than not treating them at all. nutritioninsight.com/news/superior-…

The numbers of children at risk of dying from #starvation are rising rapidly. The use of a lower cost, #plantbased #RUTF could greatly improve this disastrous situation. linkedin.com/posts/steve-co…

With the disruption of international supply chains due to Covid 19 & compounded by an energy & global food supply crises emanating from war in Ukraine, we must implement existing, cost-effective solutions to treating malnutrition now. Lives depend on us. linkedin.com/posts/steve-co…

This #Abstract reveals the fundamental flaws and misleading conclusion of the Review published by Potani et al. (2021), to inform the #WHO on the efficacy of #RUTF containing no or less than 50% #protein from #dairy in the treatment of children with SAM. academic.oup.com/advances/artic…

For children denied treatment, the cost of blocking #innovative, #plantbased #RUTF is too high. The WHO must act to adopt proven plant-based RUTF food technology, conducive to #localproduction and that can reduce cost by up to 30% and increase coverage. twitter.com/Reuters/status…

Plumpy'Nut has been a crucial weapon in the fight against child malnutrition in places like Somalia since it was developed in the 1990s. But aid agencies are warning it is becoming too expensive, to an extent because of the conflict in Ukraine reut.rs/3wZ95Qn

#plantbased #malnutrition #rutf Dr Steve Collins, MBE is disheartened that an efficacious and more cost effective #innovation is blocked from use at a time when "World a 'virtual tinderbox' for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children".linkedin.com/posts/steve-co…

@vaguayounicef @UNICEF An innovation is available but needs WHO approval. An Irish charity - VALID Nutrition - has developed (over 15 yrs & 3 RCTs in 3 countries) a proven efficacious, #plantbased RUTF that is 20-30% less expensive to produce than the only approved milk-peanut based RUTF. #wasting

World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children @unicef shar.es/afmtoU

@unicefireland An innovation is available but needs WHO approval. An Irish charity - VALID Nutrition - has developed (15 yrs R&D & 3 RCTs in 3 countries) a proven efficacious, plant-based RUTF that is 20-30% less expensive to produce than the only approved milk-peanut based RUTF.@brophytalks

PRESS RELEASE: World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children - UNICEF

Attached is a statement issued recently regarding the sad closure of VALID's Malawi operations. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

This time around we must support the private sector to invest in consumer centric demand as opposed to only inviting them to finance supply side considerations. Companies pledge millions to end hunger by 2030 as part of the Zero Hunger... reliefweb.int/report/world/c… via @reliefweb

Infected by the exceptional intellect and unwavering optimism of pioneers like Dr Steve Collins, MBE - Sharman Russell's "WITHIN OUR GRASP", is an informed and engaging book around changing the way that malnutrition is addressed. #malnutrition #RUTF #severe acute malnutrition

#humanitarian finance #HumanitarianCrisis - "Failing to put people ‘at the centre’ of what they do." A disturbingly eloquent piece from odi.org: Five years on from the World Humanitarian Summit: lots of talk, no revolution odi.org/en/insights/fi…

Check out my latest article: A bizarre review that distorts evidence, innovation and progress. linkedin.com/pulse/bizarre-… via @LinkedIn

#CMAM21 #plantbased “If the current position on plant-based RUTF had been followed, the Wright brothers would have been blocked from flying despite their success in the early 1900s– because their previous attempts had failed.” Dr Steve Collins, speaking at the CMAM21 Conference.