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Short-term evidence on wellbeing of rural Ethiopian households during the COVID-19 pandemic

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IFPRI Harold, A., Daniel, G., Melissa, H., Jessica, L., Seyoum, T., Heleene, T., , 2020-7-1
Article on how the Ethiopian government swiftly imposed restrictions to slow the spread of the virus, closing schools (on March 16, 2020), limiting travel and encouraging people to remain at home. Such restrictions were needed to keep the pandemic from ...
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Do school closures during an epidemic have persistent effects? Evidence from Sierra Leone in the time of Ebola?

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Africa gender innovation lab Bandiera, O., Buehren, N., Goldstein, M., Rasul, I., Smurra, A. 2020-7-1
Report on the persistent post-epidemic impacts of this on the economic lives of young women in Sierra Leone, a context where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. This is done by evaluating an intervention targeting young ...
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Safeguarding nutritional opportunities of first 1000 days of life during a pandemic: infant and young children feeding practices in the context of COVID-19 in India

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International Journal of Community medicine and Public Health Varghese, A., Agarwal, M. 2020-6-26
Article on infant and young child feeding practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Children have milder clinical course and better prognosis from COVID infection. But the after-effects of this pandemic can have severe repercussions on nutrition of children, especially ...
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COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation strategies: Implications for maternal and child health and nutrition

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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Akseer, N., Kandru, G., Keats, E. C., Bhutta, Z. A. 2020-6-19
Review article that highlights key areas of concern for maternal and child nutrition during and in the aftermath of COVID-19 while providing strategic guidance for countries in their efforts to reduce maternal and child undernutrition. Rooted in learnings from the ...
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Stimulating the potential impacts of COVID-19 school closures on schooling and learning outcomes: A set of global estimates

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World Bank Group Azevedo, J., Hasan, A., Goldemberg, D., Iqbal, S., Geven, K. 2020-6-18
Report on the results of simulations considering different lengths of school closure (3, 5, and 7 months) and different levels of mitigation effectiveness (mostly remote learning), resulting in an optimistic, intermediate, and pessimistic global scenario. Using data on 157 countries, ...
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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