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Impacts of health-related school closures on child protection outcomes: A review of evidenced from past pandemics and epidemics and lessons learned from COVID-19

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International Journal of Educational Development Villegas, C., Pierolo, S., Rocca, M., Ipince, A., Bakrania, S. 2021-7-7
Article on understanding first, the state of the evidence on impacts of school closures on select child protection outcomes and second, how governments have responded to school closures to protect the most vulnerable children. Only 21 studies out of 6433 ...
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COVID-19 and women’s nutrition security: Panel data evidence from rural India

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Economia Politica Gupta, S., Seth, P., Abraham, M., Pingali, P. 2021-7-2
Article on a study using two panel-datasets to distinguish the pandemic's impact on non-staples versus staples in relation to household food availability and women’s diet diversity at the national, state, and district levels in four economically backward districts in India. ...
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Potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diets, practices, and services in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA): A review of the current evidence

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UNICEF UNICEF 2021-7-01
Report on research to understand the impact of the pandemic on the diets of young children, adolescents, and pregnant women and lactating mothers, as well as on infant feeding practices and on nutrition service delivery. The goal of the research ...
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Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, 2000-2020: Five years into the SDGs

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UNICEF WHO, UNICEF 2021-7-1
Report on updated national, regional and global estimates for WASH in households for the period 2000 to 2020 and takes stock of progress five years into the SDG period (2015-2020). The 2030 Agenda for SDGs called for ‘ensuring availability and ...
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Assessing impact of COVID-19 on school feeding programmes in the Asia-Pacific region

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Oxford Policy Management Farhat, M. 2021-7-1
Article on adaptations to on-site school feeding in the region to inform policymaking and programming. Prior to the Covid-19, an estimated 129 million children in the Asia-Pacific region received school meals, mainly through national school feeding programmes. These programmes served ...
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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