A woman waits in line at Catholic Charities Spanish Catholic Center parking lot in Washington July 15, 2020, to pick up free food supplies. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington has served hundreds of thousands of meals to people in need across all of its food programs. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)
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Study Predicts 168,000 Coronavirus Pandemic-Linked Child Deaths
The years-long battle against hunger and malnutrition had been considered a global success until the pandemic struck.
A grim new study by thirty international organizations is asserting that before any global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, roughly 168,000 children will have died due to hunger and malnutrition.
In concluding the findings, the eye-opening research from Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium, which includes the World Bank, World Food Program, UNICEF, and USAID, tapped into targeted phone surveys and expansive economic and nutrition data gathered this year.
Saskia Osendarp, who led the research, told the
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Nutrition critical: Why we must all act now to tackle child malnutrition
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Malnutrition could kill 153 children every day over the next two years because of COVID-19, warns Save the Children
LONDON - 15 December: The COVID-19 crisis has put the world on the brink of a nutrition crisis, Save the Children warned in a new report today, with pandemic-related malnutrition projected to kill an average of 153 children a day over the next two years if action is not taken.
In addition, a COVID-19-induced spike in the number of global malnutrition cases could push an additional 9.3 million[i] children to suffer from wasting, a result of acute malnutrition that can lead to death.