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 ready-to-use foods
Ready-to-Use Foods (RUFs) are highly fortified, oil-based nutrient dense pastes specifically
designed for the treatment of malnutrition. They are made from varying combinations of grains,
pulses and seeds, milk powder, sugar, oil, vitamins and minerals. They are precooked and
ready to eat straight from the pack. Click here to view more
Community-based Therapeutic Care
  • Valid Nutrition's sister company Valid International, in partnership with Concern Worldwide developed the Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) model for the treatment of malnutrition.

  • The model was created following a research and development project which required an investment of $5.4 million; this
    involved the collection and analysis of data from scores of programs and tens of thousands of patients, as well as medical
    and nutritional research and anthropological studies. The research highlighted that:

    • - Effective patient treatment must be embedded in a practical model of delivery and social mobilisation.

    - Programmes must be designed so that people can access treatment early.

    - Nutrition interventions need to be integrated with agricultural production.

  • The research resulted in the development of the CTC model to address malnutrition; the central
    innovative principles behind CTC are:

    • - Provision of safe, effective therapeutic food for people to use at home, rather than costly treatment
    in inpatient centres.

    - Working with communities to help the communities identify cases of malnutrition and to encourage
    early presentation before patients become critically ill.

    - Delivery of therapeutic food through existing structures, reducing costs through integration of the
    treatment of malnutrition into health structures.


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