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2021-02-26 17:05:49 GMT2021-02-27 01:05:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) Robust investment in food security and nutrition programs tailor-made for vulnerable demographics including children, women and the elderly is key to hastening Africa s recovery from COVID-19 related shocks, experts said.
The experts and policymakers who spoke at a virtual roundtable in Nairobi on Thursday evening said that robust action on Africa s malnutrition crisis worsened by the pandemic was a prerequisite in order to secure a sustainable future for communities. We need adequate financing and political goodwill in order to tackle malnutrition and childhood stunting that worsened during the pandemic amid restricted supply of food due to lockdowns, said Gladys Mugambi, Head of Nutrition Program in Kenya s Ministry of Health.
A new study estimates 64% of adult COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. may have been prevented if there were less obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure. The model suggests notable differences by age and race/ethnicity in COVID-19 hospitalizations related to these conditions.
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