Why health ministry has suspended therapeutic children's food

16th January 2025

Reports from patients in Karamoja who took the ready-to-use therapeutic feed experienced vomiting and severe diarrhoea

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Dr Diana Atwine the permanent secretary in the health ministry.

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The health ministry has suspended the distribution and use of REPLENISH, a ready-to-use therapeutic feed typically given to babies with acute malnutrition.

In a January 7 letter to all chief administrative

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Why health ministry has suspended therapeutic children's food

Reports from patients in Karamoja who took the ready-to-use therapeutic feed experienced vomiting and severe diarrhoea

Dr Diana Atwine the permanent secretary in the health ministry.

NewVision Reporter

@NewVision

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