Global nutrition crisis looms for hungry children locked out of school, charities warn
Around 1.6 billion pupils have been hit by school closures, with 370 million missing out essential meals
28 January 2021 • 8:00am
Schoolchildren from Ankileisoke Primary School eat lunch, offered by the World Food Programme s Under-nutrition Prevention Programme, in the Amboasary-South district of southern Madagascar
Credit: RIJASOLO / AFP
Vulnerable children around the world are being put at increased risk of malnutrition thanks to school closures, Unicef and the World Food Programme (WFP) have warned.
More than 39 billion in-school meals have been missed globally since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, new research from the organisations has found.
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