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Ashoka Award Recognises CMAM

A group of courageous and determined people have transformed the lives of those worst affected by starvation... https://vimeo.com/10587731

A Year of Innovating

A Year of Innovating

With entries now invited for 2011, read the review of the six winners of the 2010 Irish Times InterTrade Ireland Innovation Awards. Click here to read more.

Nutriset “User agreement”

Nutriset “User agreement”

Valid Nutrition (VN) welcomes the recent announcement by Nutriset that they are extending access to their patent through a “User agreement” in selected countries in Africa. Click here to download PDF.

ENN Profile of Valid Nutrition

ENN Profile of Valid Nutrition

Read an interesting profile of Valid Nutrition by Jeremy Shoham (Emergency Nutrition Network). Click here to download PDF.

Malawi Farmers benefit from RUTF…

Read about the positive economic impact of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) on local farmers in Malawi… Click here to download PDF.

New funding announced

New funding announced

Minister Power announces further support for Valid Nutrition's work to Combat Malnutrition. Click here to download PDF.

Doctor Different…

Doctor Different…

Dr. Steve Collins has spent almost 30 years among some of the world's poorest people, and has helped revolutionise the way malnutrition is treated… Click here to download PDF.

Dr Steve Collins reflects on the opportunities and problems associated with the USD$250 million contribution announced by Administrator, Samantha Power of USAID – a positive catalyst for change?

VALID commissioned and achieved peer-review of a professional report to quantify objectively the overall climate impact profile of the amino-acid enhanced, plant-based RUTF recipe. It has found that the overall global warming potential impacts of the plant-based RUTF recipe are 47%-52% less than the milk-peanut based recipe.

Dr Steve Collins gives a hugely informative and enlightened interview to ENN podcast while discussing his candid Reflections on the UN Global Action Plan on Wasting.