Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality

Affiliations

¹ International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA.
² Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD, USA.
³ Micronutrient Forum, Washington, DC 20005-3915, USA. Electronic address: saskia.osendarp@micronutrientforum.org.
⁴ Burnett Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
⁶ Results for Development (R4D), Washington, DC, USA.
⁷ Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland.

Comment

Derek Headey et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 22;396(10250):519-521.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31647-0. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

¹ International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA.
² Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD, USA.
³ Micronutrient Forum, Washington, DC 20005-3915, USA. Electronic address: saskia.osendarp@micronutrientforum.org.
⁴ Burnett Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
⁶ Results for Development (R4D), Washington, DC, USA.
⁷ Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland.

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Child malnutrition and COVID-19: the time to act is now.
Fore HH, Dongyu Q, Beasley DM, Ghebreyesus TA. Fore HH, et al. Lancet. 2020 Aug 22;396(10250):517-518. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31648-2. Epub 2020 Jul 27. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32730742 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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