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A plan to get lifesaving food to malnourished kids was working -- until it wasn't

Through an innovative program, parents in Senegal had easy access to a therapeutic food that's a boon for malnourished kids. Now there are shortages. Health specialists say U.S. aid cuts are to blame.

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A plan to get lifesaving food to malnourished kids was working -- until it wasn't
Source: NPR News
Adama Faye (right), a community health worker, weighs the son of Ndiolle Diouf at the health clinic in the village of Keur Mbar to determine if he is malnourished.

Through an innovative program, parents in Senegal had easy access to a therapeutic food that's a boon for malnourished kids. Now there are shortages. Health specialists say U.S. aid cuts are to blame.

(Image credit: Ricci Shryock for NPR)

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