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Anderson Cooper - Plumpy'nut - A miracle in the fight against hunger

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Uploaded by on May 23, 2009

Plumpynut, a peanut-based paste, provides children suffering from the most serious form of acute malnutrition with all of the essential nutrients and calories needed to rebuild their strength and restore them to health. The success of therapeutic Ready-to-Use Foods (RUFs) in crisis situations has encouraged the humanitarian community to adapt this tool to the pre-emptive treatment of children threatened by severe acute malnutrition—before they reach the crisis stage.

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  • Wow, I love when Anderson does stories like these. I like what you done to the beginning of the clip and the end.

  • I meant - I am off to find a celebrity and a big company. Made simple, it will not be picked up by anyone or celeb-sponsored at all if no one sets them on the track.

    I still think it should be produced locally, near where it is need whenever possible. Nestle have enough products out there already.

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  • Maybe or maybe not, I do not know how it is made, what amount of energy needed etc.

    Generally the closer to both the consumer and the crops needed to produce it, the better, and instead having more sites where it is made.

    Long distance transport is not a hit in Africa :)

  • Only local places there that could produce it would be the larger cities in Africa.

  • uh.. what do you mean?

  • Then... let's check it out, it starts here !

  • Will it? Possibly but not soon, unless a big company pick it up or celebrity start sponsoring it and get the word out more.

  • A person who knows he have credibility does a lot for the public's attention by focus reports like this. Besides, the Plumpnut sounds like something that could possibly be produced locally at most places. Will it?

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