Eleanor Crook Foundation and Helen Keller Intl Join Forces with Senegal’s Ministry of Health to Combat Child Wasting
On January 30, 2024, the Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action, the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF), and Helen Keller Intl held an event in Dakar, Senegal to launch a […]
RUTF Inclusion in WHO Essential Medicines List: A Game Changer for Wasting Treatment
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently made a change that has the potential to save the lives of malnourished children worldwide: Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) has been added to […]
Results for Development and UNICEF Release New ECF-Supported Toolkit on Child Wasting Treatment
The publication is a comprehensive resource that aims to help country change agents strengthen their nutrition programs dedicated to fighting severe malnutrition.
Growing partnerships: Collaborative action and co-creation of evidence to transform care of small and nutritionally at-risk infants under 6 months and their mothers
Worldwide, an estimated 21.3% of infants under six months (u6m) are wasted, 20.1% are underweight, 17.6% are stunted, and 17.8% are born with a low birth weight. These infants are at higher risk of sickness, death, and poor growth and development. Preventing early-life growth failure is a neglected area of life-course nutrition action that has impeded progress on global targets. Urgent action to transform MAMI care is essential to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 3.
ECF and partners release Nourish the Future, a bold U.S. vision to combat malnutrition
Nourish the Future could help lead to one of the most dramatic global reductions in child deaths in over a decade.
MAMI Care Pathway Package: From Vision to Action
Challenges faced by frontline practitioners in the management of small and nutritionally at-risk infants under six months and their mothers (MAMI) prompted the MAMI Global Network to develop the MAMI Care Pathway Package to fill this urgent gap.
ECF Launches LifePack to Help End Childhood Malnutrition
This first-of-its-kind campaign engages the multi-billion dollar video game industry in the effort to help a million children at risk.
Humanitarian leaders call on global donors to fund nutrition crisis on World Food Day
This World Food Day, we are calling attention to the need to elevate nutrition as a global policy and funding priority, alongside leading development and humanitarian leaders.
The Power 4: Interventions that Will Save Lives
The Power 4 analysis conducted by Johns Hopkins University identified the four most impactful and cost-effective ways to reduce childhood mortality due to malnutrition.