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Associations of gender inequality with child malnutrition and mortality across 96 countries

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Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics Marphatia, A. A., Cole, T.J. , Grijalva-Eternod, C. , Wells, J. C. K. 2016-3-23
Article on how national efforts to reduce low birth weight (LBW) and child malnutrition and mortality prioritize economic growth. However, this may be ineffective, while rising gross domestic product (GDP) also imposes health costs, such as obesity and non-communicable disease. ...
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Nutrition and resilience: A scoping study

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  • Nutrition
  • Other Crises
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ENN Gostelow, L., Desplats, G., Shoham, J., Dolan, C., Hailey, P., 2016-2-3
Report on a desk-based study providing a first exploration of the interconnections between resilience and nutrition, as evidenced in the guidance of six international donors (Canada, the EU, Germany, Ireland, the UK, and the USA) and the OECD (Organisation for ...
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‘Worse than the war’: An ethnographic study of the impact of the Ebola crisis on life, sex, teenage, pregnancy and a community-driven intervention in rural Sierra Leone

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Save the Children International Kostelny, K., Lamin, D., Lilley, S., Manyeh, M., Ondoro, K., Startk, L., Wessells, M. 2016-1-1
Report on effort to learn how the Ebola crisis had affected and interacted with a community-driven intervention to reduce teenage pregnancy. The intervention, which had been developed and conducted by two clusters of three communities each in Moyamba and Bombali ...
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The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security and food expenditures in Mexico: a disproportionate effect on the vulnerable

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Public Health Nutrition Vilar-Compte, M., Sandoval-Olascoaga, S., Bernal-Stuart, A., Shimoga, S., Vargas-Bustamante, A., , 2014-11-27
Article on the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security in Mexico and how it disproportionally affected vulnerable households. A generalized ordered logistic regression was estimated to assess the impact of the crisis on households’ food security status. ...
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Can social protection work in Africa? The impact of Ethiopia’s productive safety net program

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Economic development and cultural change Berhane, G., Gilligan, D., Hoddinott, J., Kumar, N., Taffesse, S. 2014-9-1
Article on large social protection program in rural Ethiopia, the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP). The effectiveness of the PSNP is of interest because the program was implemented at scale in one of Africa’s poorest countries, which has limited physical ...
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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