Supply chain management review · 2013 · 14 citations · 0 references
AgricultureNutritionSupply Chain ManagementFood SecurityGlobal HealthHuman NutritionFood Supply ChainsHumanitarian NutritionMalnutritionPovertySupply ChainsUndernutritionChildhood MalnutritionHumanitarian Food AidHumanitarian Food AssistanceHumanitarian Food ReliefHumanitarian Supply ChainsNutrition In Humanitarian CrisesSevere Acute MalnutritionSupply Base Design
More than 20 million children worldwide suffer from severe acute malnutrition. The situation is especially critical in the Horn of Africa--the countries of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya. UNICEF is effectively responding to that humanitarian challenges by providing specially formulated therapeutic foods to those in need. A more diversified supply base and more efficient supply chain are important parts of the story.