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Welcome to this Standing Together for Nutrition Knowledge Hub. Find emerging evidence on the impact of shocks and subsequent crises on nutritional outcomes and their determinants, and effective measures to mitigate that burden and build resilience. Sources include nutrition-related evidence on the impact of 1) the three global shocks, or three Cs, since 2020 – the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war and other conflicts, and severe climate events – and the resulting cascading crises, or polycrisis, including the economic global food price crisis, and 2) relevant past shocks. Read more about the content on this page.

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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

Policy
Research
Article
Press release
Report
Video
COVID-19 Pandemic
Economic
Food Insecurity
Health
Nutrition
Ukraine War
Women and/or Girls

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

Research
Report
COVID-19 Pandemic
Economic
Food Insecurity
Health
Nutrition
Women and/or Girls

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

Research
Article
Journal article
COVID-19 Pandemic
Economic
Food Insecurity
Health
Nutrition
Other Crises
Social Support and Protection

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

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World economic outlook: War sets back the global recovery

Extreme food insecurity persists in the north while outcomes deteriorate in the south amid historic drought

Projected increase in acute food insecurity due to war in Ukraine

Estimating the impact of COVID-19 related lockdown on utilization of maternal and perinatal health services in an urban neighborhood in Delhi, India

Conflict, humanitarian crisis in Ukraine threatening future global food security as prices ride, production capacity shrinks, speakers warn security council

Highlighted Sources

Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2022: Urban food systems and nutrition – Launch recording, Key messages & Full report

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

Economic shocks predict increases in child wasting prevalence