Published: Dec 13, 2025, 08:34 IST | Updated: Dec 13, 2025, 08:34 IST
The Trump administration’s drastic reduction in U.S. foreign aid has left clinics in Kenya struggling to treat malnourished children, with shelves emptied of life-saving therapeutic food and families forced to survive on wild fruit. In Turkana county, the suspension of U.S. funding has disrupted programs that distribute ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), a critical intervention for severe acute malnutrition.