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Ground-breaking Research by VALID Nutrition
The results of our ground-breaking efficacy trial in the DRC - regarding efficacy of a locally sourced, lower cost RUTF to treat Severe Acute Malnutrition – have been published in the prestigious American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Read more here
Have a look at what we are doing in Malawi
With the help of a grant from USAID South Africa Trade Hub we are helping thousands of people access nutritious food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1djwQRqp24
“My developmental philosophy is not to import solutions into the developing world, but to add value to local industry wherever possible”
Read Steve’s views on how social businesses that focus on impact rather than image, can drive innovation in addressing malnutrition http://www.ashoka.ie/media/2016/1/13/change-leader-interview-dr-steve-collins
ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW DIRECTOR OF VALID NUTRITION
We are delighted to announce that Dr Hans-Jürgen Koch will join the Board of Valid Nutrition as a Director. Hans-Jürgen Koch has had a long and distinguished career initially in academia and then finance. This includes positons as former CEO of Deutsche Bank (Suisse)...
SDC, Hystra and Ashoka conference on Hidden Hunger and Social Business
Paul Murphy, Valid’s CEO has been invited to address a conference on Hidden Hunger and Social Business. The conference, hosted by The Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation’s (SDC) Employment and Income Network in conjunction with Hystra and Ashoka, takes place...
Smallholder Farmers’ Project: Research Papers
Valid Nutrition - The Production of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food in Malawi The Production of RUTF in Malawi - Part 1, Smallholder famers experience with groundnut production The Production of RUTF in Malawi - Part 2, Contextual Constraints Faced by Farmers Possible...
Presentation of results of our Smallholder Farmers’ Project: UCC 6th March 2015
Valid Nutrition to present results of exciting Smallholder Farmers Project in UCC on 6th March 2015. We will be presenting the results of our pioneering study on the Effectiveness of a Local Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Value Chain to Combat Acute Malnutrition...
CMAM in India: The latest on our ground-breaking project in Odisha.
VALID NUTRITION'S ground-breaking operational pilot examining the effectiveness of 3 different approaches to Community based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in Odisha (Orissa) is well under way. This pilot is the first time that an Indian government programme...
Last year Valid Nutrition’s factory in Malawi produced 3 million sachets of RUTF, enough to treat 25,000 children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
Over the past year our factory in Malawi, which we operate with our partners Exagris Africa, has produced 3 million sachets of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), sufficient to treat around 25,000 children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). Despite these figures...
Disruptive Innovation: Ben Ramalingam talks about Steve and Valid’s Work
Ben Ramalingam of Humanitarian Innovation Fund talks about Steve and Valid's work in this insightful article about disruptive innovation: "The Power of Disruptors"
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At the Global Hunger Today Conference, 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.
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 recently unveiled by VALID Nutrition’s Founder, Dr Steve Collins.
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”
