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Why we must put children first and deliver outcomes
The following is a fresh version of an opinion article written by Steve that was originally published five years ago. We are featuring it here because, not only has nothing changed in the meantime, but the recent drastic cuts to aid budgets mean that action now is...
The Sudan Crisis
Steve has been working with Plan International for the last number of months, advising on strategy to deal with the famine in Sudan. He has just returned from providing support and advice on the ground there. It was around 40 years ago that he started his work on...
VALID Nutrition is sadly no longer involved in RUTF manufacture.
VALID Nutrition is no longer involved in RUTF manufacture. Attached is a statement regarding the closure of our Malawi operation. The VALID charity remains committed to reforming the RUTF market through evidence-based innovation and research, rather than as a...
Reflections on the UN Global Action Plan on Wasting.
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.
Food Assistance for Nutrition Evidence Summit on June 27th and 28th, 2018 in Washington D.C.
“It is scandalous that a product with several critical advantages and high quality scientific evidence to support it, can be blocked because of bureaucracy and vested interests”
Global Hunger Today Conference
At the Global Hunger Today Conference held at University College Cork, Dr Steve Collins raised challenging questions about undue delays in the implementation of robust, scientific evidence that can transform the numbers of malnourished children receiving treatment within existing budgets.
Small Holder Farmers and the ground nut market:
In conjunction with UCC, we recently presented the final results from a six-year analysis of Small Holder Farmers in Malawi. Read more
VALID Nutrition’s inspiring and innovative research is unveiled at IUNS 21st International Conference of Nutrition in Buenos Aires
The ground-breaking results from a clinical trial of a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) product made without milk or animal source protein and undertaken in Malawi in 2016, were unveiled by VALID Nutrition’s Founder, Dr Steve Collins, at the IUNS 21st...
Malawi Factory Expansion Project
Having produced 8.5 million sachets of ready-to-use therapeutic food product in 2016 (enough to treat approximately 80,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition) and after launching a new ready-to-use complementary food line in November 2016 to tackle...
Ashoka Fellows Annual Community Retreat
From 6th- 8th October, Ashoka Ireland hosted their 4th Annual Community Retreat. This was a gathering of Ireland’s Ashoka Fellows (including our own Dr Steve Collins), the Irish Ashoka Support Network members, advisors and the Irish Team, and was held on the grounds...
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.