Overview

• Stocks of ready-to-use therapeutic food are projected to be exhausted in Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan within roughly three months, with some clinics already resorting to less-effective options.
• In Kenya, about 105,000 cartons are required through year-end but only about 79,000 are secured, and supplies are expected to run out in October.
• Save the Children says up to 3.5 million Nigerian children under five with severe acute malnutrition could be at risk without continued access to treatment.
• The U.S. State Department has announced $93 million for therapeutic foods to treat more than 800,000 children in 13 countries, though Save the Children reports ongoing shortfalls.
• Doctors Without Borders reported at least 652 malnourished children died in northern Nigeria in the first half of 2025 due to lack of timely care.