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2021-02 - South African Child Gauge tackles the slow violence of malnutrition

18 February 2021 - Wits University
The DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development at Wits helped develop the 15th issue of the South African Child Gauge®.
The Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) publishes the Gauge annually to review the status of children in South Africa and to inform policy and programming.
The South African Child Gauge® 2020 was launched on 18 February in partnership with the Department of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation (DSI-NRF) Centre of Excellence in Human Development based at Wits University, the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape, the Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation, the DG Murray Trust, and UNICEF South Africa. ....

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OPINION | Investment in child nutrition key to productivity gains

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Good nutrition for children is the bedrock for learning, and therefore fundamental for productivity and growth. This should reflect in our economic priorities and fiscal allocations, say the authors
It seems counter-intuitive that the richest province in South Africa, Gauteng, has the highest rate of stunting in children under five. After all, stunting (short-for-age) is a measure of chronic malnutrition, which one might expect to be more associated with the poverty of the former homelands.
No province has cause for pride. Countrywide, over a quarter of children are stunted, a proportion that has not changed for over two decades: but a full third of Gauteng’s young children are chronically malnourished. ....

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Chronic undernutrition in SA children persists – report

Chronic undernutrition in SA children persists â report
By Robin-Lee Francke
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CAPE TOWN - The 2020 South African Child Gauge report has revealed that the nutritional status of South Africaâs children is deteriorating.
The report is released annually by the Children s Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) to review the status of children in South Africa and inform evidence-based policy and programming.
The report focuses attention on and identifies points of leverage to improve childrenâs nutrition outcomes, calling for strong leadership and concerted action from the government, civil society and the private sector to ensure childrenâs rights are upheld. ....

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SA's burden of child malnutrition still unacceptably high

SA's burden of child malnutrition still unacceptably high
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Malnutrition hurts millions of South Africa's childre...

By Christi Nortier• 18 February 2021
South African Child Gauge report concludes that there has been almost no improvement in the food and nutrition security of children living in South Africa over the past two decades. (Photo: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA) epa08360734 South African children receive biscuits from the Groundbreakers community feeding program in Ocean View, Cape Town, South Africa, 13 April 2020. The Petersen family runs the Groundbreakers feeding program from their home in Ocean View which helps many vulnerable families in a community that is severely affected by gangsterism, drugs and crime. Many residents rely on the one meal a day they receive from Groundbreakers at this time due to unemployment. Donations for this feeding scheme are received at 21 Mzar Crescent Ocean View. The South African government has extended a total lockdown of the country until the end of April to try stem the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes the Covid-19 disease. (Photo: EP ....

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