June of 2008, Dr. Joseline Marhone Pierre, the director of the Coordination Unit for the National
Food and Nutrition Program of Haiti’s Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP), met with representatives
from a consortium of three non-‐‑governmental organizations (NGOs). The consortium had completed a six
month field trial during which it treated children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) according to a
community-‐‑based care model with ready-‐‑to-‐‑use therapeutic foods (RUTF).