Consortium predicts 168,000 children will die hungry during pandemic
In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 file photo, two year old Akon Morro, who is anemic and suffers from edema due to malnutrition, sits on the floor of a feeding center in Al Sabah Children s Hospital in the capital Juba, South Sudan. Photo: AP UNB, Dhaka UNB, Dhaka
Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has set back decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition, and is likely to kill 168,000 children before any global recovery takes hold, according to a study released Monday by 30 international organisations.
The study from the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium draws on economic and nutrition data gathered this year, as well as targeted phone surveys. Saskia Osendarp, who led the research, estimates an additional 11.9 million children most in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will suffer from stunting and wasting, the most severe f
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