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Impacts of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition: developing effective policy responses to address the hunger and malnutrition pandemic 2nd edition

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HLPE HLPE 2020-9-1
Report on insights in addressing the food and nutrition security implications of COVID-19 and to inform the preparations for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. In March 2020, the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) published ...
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The intertwined relationship between malnutrition and poverty

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Frontiers in public health Siddiqui, F., Salam, R., Lassi, Z., Das, J. 2020-8-28
Article on the interconnection between malnutrition and poverty, and to highlight how both serve as the cause and consequence of each other. The article also discusses ways to move ahead to tackle these issues in a parallel manner rather than ...
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Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during COVID-19: Interim report

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WHO WHO 2020-8-27
Report on the extent of disruptions across all services, the reasons for disruptions, and the mitigation strategies countries are using to maintain service delivery. The report was based on insight from country key informants into the impact of COVID-19 on ...
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Immediate impact of stay-at-home orders to control COVID-19 transmission on socioeconomic conditions, food insecurity, mental health, and intimate partner violence in Bangladeshi women and their families: An interrupted time series

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Lancet Global Health Hamadani, J. D., Hasan, M. I., Baldi, A.J., Hossain, S. J., Shiraji, S., Bhuiyan, M. S., Mehrin S. F., Fisher, J., Tofail, F., Tipu, S. M., Grantham-McGregor, S., Biggs, B. A., Braat, S., Pasricha, S. R. 2020-8-25
Article on the immediate impact of COVID-19 lockdown orders on women and their families in rural Bangladesh. An interrupted time series was used to compare data collected from families in Rupganj upazila, rural Bangladesh (randomly selected from participants in a ...
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COVID-19 aftershocks: Access denied-teenage pregnancy threatens to block a million girls across Sub- Saharan Africa from returning to school

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World vision World Vision 2020-8-21
Report on vulnerability that is known to be exacerbated by school closures in times of crisis and risks the continued education of vulnerable children: teenage pregnancy. School closures during crises can result in girls spending more time with men and ...
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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