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Rapid nutrition assessment survey on food security, coping mechanisms, and nutrition services availed during COVID-19 in selected areas in the Philipines

  • Research
  • Report
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Gender and/or Agency
  • Health
  • Nutrition
  • Social Support and Protection
  • Women and/or Girls
Department of Science and Technology Food and Nutrition Research Institute Florentino, R., Barba, C., Capanzana, M.
Report on a snapshot of the food security situation and nutrition perceptions of respondents of selected areas with high, medium, and low risk of COVID-19.
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Empower a woman, feed a generation

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  • Food Insecurity
  • Gender and/or Agency
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  • Nutrition
  • Women and/or Girls
WFP WFP
Video on how out of the 349 million people who are severely hungry in the world right now, nearly 60% are women and girls. Each cause of unequal treatment reinforces the others, trapping women in a cycle of disadvantage, poverty ...
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Changes in household food security, access to health services and income in northern Lao PDR during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross- sectional survey

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  • Journal article
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Resilience
BMJ Open Head, J., Chanthavilay, P., Catton, H., Vongsitthi, A., Khamphouxay, K., Simphaly, N.
Article on the relative difficulty in meeting food needs during COVID-19 compared with before; determined the relationship between pandemic-associated difficulties in food access and household, maternal and child food security; and identified resiliency-promoting strategies.
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The effects of a universal basic income during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya

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  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Economic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Health
J-PAL Banerjee, A. , Faye, M, Krueger, A., Niehaus, P., Suri, T. 2020
Article on the extent in which cash transfers cushion the blow to poor families during hard times. Taking advantage of a pre-existing large-scale evaluation of a universal basic income project in Kenya, researchers measured how different types of cash transfers ...
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Delivery of social protection programs to combat COVID-19 in Africa

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  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Health
  • Nutrition
  • Restricted Mobility
  • Social Support and Protection
IFPRI Duchoslav, J., Hirvonen, K., 2021
Report on how COVID-19 has prompted governments across the world to introduce unprecedented lockdowns and other restrictions on mobility to slow the spread of coronavirus and to avoid overwhelming healthcare systems. While often necessary, these measures have led to well-documented ...
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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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  • COVID-19 Pandemic
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  • Food Insecurity
  • Health
  • Nutrition
  • Women and/or Girls
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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  • Other Crises
  • Social Support and Protection
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