In 2024, as the world was shaken by violent conflict, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continued to risk their lives to provide essential medical care.
We are among the first to arrive and last to leave when an emergency strikes. That’s because MSF is constantly pushing the boundaries of humanitarian aid to find new solutions to some of the most intractable health problems of our time.
Your dedication to our work inspires our teams as they work to save lives in more than 70 countries worldwide. Here is a snapshot of how you are catalyzing change for our patients.
Innovating malnutrition treatment with ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF)
As civil war in Sudan intensified this year, a cascading displacement and humanitarian crisis followed, leaving more than 11 million people without basic needs like food, clean water, and medical care. From January to September of this year alone, MSF has treated 39,011 patients for malnutrition, many of whom are children and pregnant people.
Key to MSF’s strategy to treat malnutrition is the widespread use of ready-to-use therapeutic foods, or RUTF. This treatment is shelf-stable and contains the right balance of nutrients, allowing us to more effectively fight against malnutrition. This approach to treating malnutrition has resulted in cure rates of over 90 percent, and can reduce the need for inpatient care.
