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Gendered effects of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Gender and/or Agency
  • Women and/or Girls
The Lancet Buzynska, K., Contreras, G., 2020-6-12
Article on school closures as a preventive measure to the spread of COVID-19. According to UNESCO, school closures have sent about 90% of all students out of school, among them more than 800 million girls. A substantial number of these ...
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Monitoring COVID-19 impacts on households in Ethiopia, Report no. 1: Results from a high-frequency phone survey of households

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  • COVID-19 Pandemic
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World Bank Group Wieser, C., Ambel, A., Bundervoet, T., Haile, A. 2020-6-4
Report on how COVID-19 is affecting Ethiopia’s economy and people and to inform interventions and policy responses, the World Bank designed and conducted its High-Frequency Phone Survey of Households (HFPS-HH). The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and social effects on ...
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Ethiopia’s unconventional COVID-19 Response

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Project syndicate Oqubay, A. 2020-5-29
Article on Ethiopia's response to COVID-19. Instead of implementing a national lockdown like most other governments in Africa, Ethiopia initiated other essential measures in January, well ahead of most developed countries. And its success so far illustrates how African countries ...
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Prioritizing health for a swift and effective COVID-19 response despite economic fragility and substantial inequalities

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WHO WHO 2020-5-20
Article on case studies illustrating different aspects of WHO response to COVID-19 in countries, territories and areas and focus on successful interventions but also highlight ongoing challenges and represent the experience of a diverse range of countries, each with different ...
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Cashing in (and out): Experimental evidence on the effects of mobile money in Malawi

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American Economic Association Aggarwal, S., Brailovskaya, V., Robinson, J., 2020-5-1
Article on a randomized control trial on access to mobile money with 480 entrepreneurs in Malawi. Treated individuals received account opening assistance and basic training on mobile money and were encouraged to save. Withdrawal fees were waived. Seventy-three percent of ...
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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