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Episode: CEO of Action Against Hunger UK, Jean-Michel Grand, on tackling acute malnutrition on a global scale
Description: Action Against Hunger is active in 51 countries, they have 8,000 staff and assist around 26 million people annually; their turnover is around half a billion euros.
In the UK, they are part of the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee), which brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas.
They are focused on prediction, prevention and treatment of severe malnutrition — especially within a Global South / developing world context.
Encouragingly, there is a treatment for acute malnutrition called “Ready to Use Therapeutic Food” (RUTF) — a treatment that has evolved consider...