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U.S. announces $93 million drawdown and new RUTF procurement to treat child malnutrition
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Summary
At a State Department briefing, the spokesperson said the United States will draw down $93,000,000 in ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), support treatment for nearly 1,000,000 children in 13 countries, and issue a request for proposals for 11,285 metric tons while replacing a prepositioned stock of 1,209 metric tons.
The State Department announced an additional $93,000,000 to provide ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) aimed at treating nearly 1,000,000 children suffering from malnutrition, and said the U.S. will both draw down prepositioned supplies and procure new tonnage.
The move is intended to address acute child malnutrition in 13 countries and support continued production by U.S. manufacturers.
State Department spokesperson said, “The United States is providing an additional $93,000,000 to treat nearly 1000000 children suffering from malnutrition with life saving ready to use therapeutic food, RUTF, from and by American producers.” The spokesperson said the funding will “help save lives in 13 countries” and that the plan involves drawing down “the entire preposition stock of RUTF and supporting continued production to meet ongoing needs.”
In later responses the spokesperson provided procurement details: the award seeks an additional 11,285 metric tons of RUTF and noted the total prepositioned stock is 1,209 metric tons. The spokesperson described the procurement as a request for proposals to domestic producers and said timing and some procurement specifics were sensitive and would be provided later.
The briefing distinguished existing stock held in warehouses from new production under the procurement: “the entire preposition stock of RUTF is 1,209 metric tons, but the funding will also be used to order the production of an additional 11,285 metric tons,” the spokesperson said.
Questions about whether the stock came from prior administrations or had been affected by previous reviews were not definitively resolved in the briefing; the spokesperson said she would confirm timing and specifics when available and repeatedly referred reporters to follow-up briefings for exact delivery schedules.
No legislative references or changes to aid policy were announced at the briefing. Implementing agencies, timelines for delivery to each country, and logistics arrangements were not specified beyond the tonnage and the list of target countries cited in the announcement.
