Record Details

COVID-19 will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not

CGSpace

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title COVID-19 will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not
 
Creator Ruel, Marie T.
Headey, Derek D.
 
Subject covid-19
food security
poverty
agricultural production
value chains
nutrition
health
social protection
policies
children
economic crises
malnutrition
 
Description In a pair of commentaries published in The Lancet in August 2020, we and our colleagues in the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium (STfN) and the leaders of four UN agencies called for immediate action to address the escalating problems of child malnutrition and excess mortality triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic (Fore et al. 2020; Headey et al. 2020). Although child mortality from the virus itself is low compared to other age groups, the social, economic, and health systems crises it has prompted pose a serious threat to young children’s nutrition, health, and survival in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
 
Date 2022-03-07
2023-01-22T18:18:58Z
2023-01-22T18:18:58Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Ruel, Marie T.; and Headey, Derek D. 2022. COVID-19 will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not. In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Three: Nutrition, Health and Social Programs, Chapter 19, Pp. 122-124. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_19
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127796
https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_19
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 122-124
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute