The United States Leverages American Private Sector to Save Lives and Treat Global Malnutrition

As part of the United States government’s ongoing humanitarian assistance leadership, the Department of State entered a new two-year partnership with Operation End Starvation to provide life-saving nutrition assistance to populations in need. Through the Department’s Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response, the United States intends to provide $100 million over the next two years to Operation End Starvation, an American non-governmental organization and public-private partnership launched to combat global child mortality. The U.S. partnership with Operation End Starvation will drive life-saving nutrition interventions globally and reach children at risk of or suffering from severe acute malnutrition, one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian challenges.

Working directly with Operation End Starvation, the United States will deliver results with optimal efficiency, supporting those suffering from severe acute malnutrition, including children under five, through smart procurement and impactful programming. This partnership also leverages the generosity of the American people through contributions from philanthropic organizations to get life-saving nutrition to children in need. 

This new partnership with Operation End Starvation will work complementarily to the recently announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian assistance to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Program, which includes more than $235 million in life-saving nutrition assistance. This partnership also builds on the $3.8 billion in hyper-prioritized life-saving humanitarian assistance funding the United States recently provided the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs through our “Humanitarian Reset” framework agreement, which supports UN humanitarian efforts to provide life-saving assistance while driving critical UN reforms. This announcement follows the Trump Administration’s $173 million in life-saving nutrition assistance in 2025, which included the delivery of over 27,000 metric tons of ready-to-use foods (RUTFs) across 15 countries to treat nearly 2.7 million children suffering from malnutrition.