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A Healthy Market Framework for Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)

UNICEF has developed the first Healthy Market Framework (HMF) for the ready-to-use-therapeutic food (RUTF) market, which underlines UNICEF’s responsibility to children and commitment to transparency and sharing in-depth market knowledge.Inspired by HMFs for vaccines and related products, the HMF for RUTF sets out ...

Technical resources for nutrition products

Specifications for nutrition products, Antianaemias and multiple micronutrient supplements, S1550005 Iron 60 mg and folic acid 400 mcg BLIS 10x10 S1550005 Iron 60 mg and folic acid 400 mcg BLIS 10x10  (PDF file) S1550009 Iron 60 mg and folic acid 2800 mcg BOT 100 S1550009 Iron 60 mg and folic acid 2800 mcg BOT 100 (PDF file) S1550010 Iron 60 mg tabs BOT 100 S1550010 Iron 60 mg tabs BOT 100 (PDF file) S1550030 Iron 60 mg and folic acid…, Supp...

Expanding access to a life-saving treatment

2-year-old Amira from Niger faced a harrowing battle for survival. As her parents struggled to buy enough food to feed a family of five, she became increasingly frail and was fighting for her life. “She suffered a lot because she didn’t eat at all. The few times she did, she ended up vomiting and was cranky”,&nbsp...

Meeting Report: WHO-UNICEF Technical Consultation on ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF)

In 2020, the United Nations Agencies working on the prevention and treatment of wasting in children released a high-level global action plan (GAP) for child wasting. In this plan, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNH...

Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) price data

UNICEF has a significant role in the procurement of nutrition products for the treatment of malnutrition in children. In recognition of this and in an attempt to be fully transparent, UNICEF is makes available a retrospective of nutrition product prices for our international and local procurement of the product. This overview has been prepared following consultations with international nutrition product suppliers to UNICEF on making pricing info...

Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Market and Supply Update

13.6 million children globally suffer from severe wasting, and require specialized therapeutic intervention, of which an estimated 1 million children under-five years of age die annually. The recent disruption of food systems, socio economic impact of COVID-19, and unprecedented climate induced droughts has pushed additional millions into severe wasting. UNICEF provides an update on ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), used to treat severe wasti...

RUTF Supply Warehouse in Embakasi Kenya

Catherina Kiraka, UNICEF Kenya Program Associate gives insights about the delivery of RUTF at the Supply Warehouse in Embakasi Kenya, where the Kenya Essential Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) stores and distributes the product to facilities across the country. With the help of donors, UNICEF collaborates with logistics partners such as KEMSA to…, Explore also, The RUTF manufacturing facility in Kenya, ensures that life-saving therapeutic food ...

Downloadable files for printing mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) tapes

MUAC tapes are used to screen for malnutrition in community and hospital settings. They can effectively screen children in the community and quickly identify those in need of referral for treatment. There are different types of MUAC tapes available but all are graduated in millimeters. Some are colour coded indicate the nutritional status of a…

Vitamin A price data

UNICEF has a significant role in the procurement of nutrition products for the treatment of malnutrition in children. In recognition of this and in an attempt to be fully transparent, UNICEF is makes available a retrospective of nutrition product prices for our international and local procurement of the product. This overview has been prepared following consultations with international nutrition product suppliers to UNICEF on making pricing infor...

Multiple micronutrient powder price data

UNICEF has a significant role in the procurement of nutrition products for the treatment of malnutrition in children. In recognition of this and in an attempt to be fully transparent, UNICEF is makes available a retrospective of nutrition product prices for our international and local procurement of the product. This overview has been prepared following consultations with international nutrition product suppliers to UNICEF on making pricing info...

Therapeutic milk price data

UNICEF has a significant role in the procurement of nutrition products for the treatment of malnutrition in children. In recognition of this and in an attempt to be fully transparent, UNICEF is makes available a retrospective of nutrition product prices for our international and local procurement of the product. This overview has been prepared following consultations with international nutrition product suppliers to UNICEF on making pricing info...

New Codex guidelines pave the way for innovation for ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF)

Codex guidelines for Saving lives with RUTF (ready-to-use therapeutic food) ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) were adopted at the 45th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission on 21 November and are set to pave the way for new innovative versions of the life-saving product. They will also enable governments...