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Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF)

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19/10/2023
Adoption of Codex Alimentarius guidelines for RUTF
The codex includes different guidelines

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Adoption of Codex Alimentarius guidelines for Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) (PDF, 218 KB)
Document
10/10/2023
Expert meeting on Vitamin A levels in RUTF
Report 1, 2-3 September 2019

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Expert meeting on Vitamin A levels in RUTF (PDF, 886 KB)
Document
10/10/2023
Meeting Report: WHO-UNICEF Technical Consultation on RUTF
Improving the availability and cost of RUTF for treating children with severe wasting and/or nutritional oedema

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Meeting Report: WHO-UNICEF Technical Consultation on RUTF (PDF, 291 KB)
Jesús Gonzalez, 1, looks at the camera while he eats a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUFT) during a nutrition screening day in Ciudad Bendita neighborhood, Zulia, Venezuela.
Report
30/05/2023
Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Market and Supply Update
A supply update on RUTF price increase and market updates on global supply, demand, increased supplier diversity and UNICEF’s procurement approach.

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2023 (PDF, 616 KB)
Alert June 2022 (PDF, 146 KB)
2021 (PDF, 758 KB)
2019 (PDF, 3 MB)
2017 (PDF, 340 KB)
2014 (PDF, 325 KB)
2013 (PDF, 255 KB)
Nura Mohammed, 4, eats ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) that will help to treat severe malnutrition
Statistics
02/03/2023
RUTF Market Dashboard
Get up-to-date information on the delivery of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), a supply item that treats severe wasting in children under 5 years old.
A child eats RUTF from a sachet provided by UNICEF at a health facility in Yemen.
Article
21/11/2022
New Codex paves the way for innovation for RUTF
The guidelines could enable the development of new versions of this product that helps millions of children under 5 suffering from severe wasting each year.
Sakina Malunga smiles to the boy in her arms, her 1 year 10 month-old grandson Daniel Patrick, while holding a RUTF sachet. Nachiyenda village, T/A Mponda, Mangochi, Malawi.
Document
26/09/2022
LNS and RUTF Industry Consultation
Access the slides of the presentations held during the meeting.

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LNS and RUTF Industry Consultation presentations (PDF, 868 KB)
12 month old Mariam is given ready-to-use therapeutic food treatment in Burkina Faso.
Press release
23/06/2022
Global hunger crisis pushing one child into severe malnutrition every minute in 15 crisis-hit countries
Ahead of G7 summit, UNICEF appeals for US$1.2 billion to meet urgent needs of 8 million children at risk of death from severe wasting
A UNICEF worker carries a carton of ready-to-use therapeutic food on his head.
Article
24/05/2022
Self-financing is crucial for the prevention of malnutrition
The Nutrition Match Fund (NMF) promotes self-financing sustainability of nutrition supplies.
A child is given ready-to-use therapeutic food.
Video
20/05/2022
The lifesaving peanut paste
How a peanut-based paste is saving millions of children’s lives.