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Programmatic adaptations to acute malnutrition screening and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • COVID-19 Pandemic
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Maternal & Child Nutrition Wrabel, M., Strokes-Walters, R., King, S., Funnel, G., Stobaugh, H., 2022-8-05
Article on qualitative findings from a larger mixed methods study to document practitioners' operational experiences and lessons learned from these adaptations. To enable continued case identification and service delivery while minimising transmission risks, many organisations and governments implemented adaptations to ...
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150 million more women than men were hungry in 2021- CARE analysis finds

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  • Food Insecurity
  • Gender and/or Agency
  • Nutrition
  • Ukraine War
  • Women and/or Girls
Care Care International 2022-8-04
An article on the global link between gender inequality and food insecurity by humanitarian organization CARE. This included data from 2021, the report showed that across 109 countries, as gender inequality went up, food security went down.
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Impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on global food security: Towards more sustainable and resilient food systems

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Foods Hassen, T., Bilali, H. 2022-8-02
Article on the investigation of the Russia–Ukraine war’s direct and indirect impact on global food security. The paper highlights that the war resulted in immediate and far-reaching cascading consequences on global food security: Ukrainian exports have stopped, conscription and population ...
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Nutrition situation in India during COVID-19 pandemic: Synthesis of evidence

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  • Gender and/or Agency
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  • Nutrition
  • Women and/or Girls
UNICEF UNICEF 2022-8-01
Article on systematic monitoring of the short- and long-term impacts of the pandemic on nutritional status among Indian population to effectively recognize and address the threats of COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic along with its devasting waves have heightened the risk ...
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Social protection responses to food price shocks

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Social Protection Interagency Cooperation Board Social Protection Interagency Cooperation Board, , , 2022-8-01
Article on the significant rise in food prices, together with soaring fuel and fertilizer prices, is an additional threat, on top of the damage already caused by COVID-19 and prior increases in hunger and malnutrition, to achieving the UN Sustainable ...
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Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2022: Urban food systems and nutrition – Launch recording, Key messages & Full report

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2023-01-24
Press release on the launch and key messages of the fifth annual Asia-Pacific regional SOFI report. The report’s highlights capture the challenges and system-level determinants of unhealthy diets in urban areas, both regarding undernutrition and overweight. It presents, among others, data on food security and affordability and the state of progress on achieving the global nutrition targets. The findings profile various urban environments, interventions, experiences, and opportunities to innovate at multiple levels to transform urban areas into sustainable cities. A link to the report's virtual launch event is available including the recording, key messages, and full report. View Source

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on diets, nutrition services & nutrition practices in UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR): Evidence from remote surveys

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2023-01-01
Report on the impact of the COVID pandemic on diets, services, and practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The report presents findings from remote surveys in six ESAR countries with data on breastfeeding, diet diversity, food consumption and insecurity, drivers of dietary changes, and disruptions to nutrition services. The survey provides important learning for the future use of remote methods for collecting nutrition data. Technical brief, pull report, and six country briefs are available. View Source

Economic shocks predict increases in child wasting prevalence

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2022-04-20
Article on the impact of severe negative economic shock on child acute malnutrition (wasting), a major risk factor for under-5 mortality. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) macroeconomic volatility is common, and severe negative economic shocks can substantially increase poverty and food insecurity. Less well understood are the implications of these contractions for child wasting. This study explores the nutritional impacts of economic growth shocks over 1990–2018 by linking wasting outcomes collected for 1.256 million children from 52 countries to lagged annual changes in economic growth. Estimates suggest that a 10% annual decline in national income increases moderate/severe wasting prevalence by 14.4–17.8%. An exploration of possible mechanisms suggests negative economic shocks may increase risks of inadequate dietary diversity among children. Applying these results to the latest economic growth estimates for 2020 suggests that COVID-19 could put an additional 9.4 million preschoolers at risk of wasting, net of the effects of preventative policy actions. View Source