Haiti uses 'peanut butter medicine' to battle malnutrition

CNN/Global Health Frontline News examines how "ready-to-use therapeutic foods" are being used in Haiti to help children with severe malnutrition. U.S. nonprofit organization Meds and Food for Kids makes "Medika Mamba, which means 'peanut butter medicine' in Creole. It's a ready-to-eat paste packed with nutritious ingredients that -- over a period of weeks -- gives a jolt to the system and puts children back on track," the news agency writes. The organization partners with local farmers to manufacture the product in Haiti and plans "to produce a new version of its product ... which meets the requirements of major agencies such as the World Food Programme and UNICEF" in coming years, according to the news agency (Strieker, 10/11).