A plan to get lifesaving food to hungry kids was working well, until it wasn't

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Senegal's therapeutic food program for malnourished children hit a wall. Plumpy'nut, a peanut-based paste that transformed child malnutrition outcomes, became readily available to parents through an innovative distribution system. Then shortages struck. Health specialists point to U.S. aid cuts as the culprit, leaving clinics scrambling to treat severely undernourished kids with fewer resources than they'd grown accustomed to.