" We do not question the use of RUTF to treat severe acute malnutrition, under qualified health professional supervision. Our concern is the extension of its use in communities, rather than in health facilities, and for prevention, rather than the treatment of malnutrition. Using an expensive, currently usually imported, commercial product, as the main food to prevent malnutrition, is undesirable and unsustainable. Using RUTF in this way is medicalising and commercialising young child feeding"
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Accompanying Editorial
The global game plan of Big Snack
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Letter from Darfur
RUTF is not the answer in Darfur
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Dr. Arun Gupta MD FIAP
Regional Coordinator IBFAN Asia,
Member, Prime Minister's Council on India's Nutrition Challenges,
Member Steering Committee World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action.
Chair, global Breastfeeding Initiative for Child Survival(gBICS)
Phone 91-9899676306
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