On his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump began a drastic reshaping of the United States’ role in global health as part of the first 26 executive orders^[1] of his new term.

He initiated the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization^[2], which works to promote and advance global health, following through on his first attempt in 2020^[3]. He also ordered staff members of the...

About 19 million children under 5 around the world suffer from severe acute malnutrition^[1] every year. This life-threatening condition kills 400,000 of them^[2] – that’s one child every 10 seconds.

These numbers are staggering, especially because a lifesaving treatment has existed for nearly three decades: “ready-to-use therapeutic food^[3].”

Nutriset, a French company^[4], was founded by Michel Lescanne^[5]. He was one of two...