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

The Lancet

Volumn 396, Issue 10250, 2020, Pages 519-521

  Headey, Derek ^a   Heidkamp, Rebecca ^b   Osendarp, Saskia ^c   Ruel, Marie ^a   Scott, Nick ^d   Black, Robert ^b   Shekar, Meera ^e   Bouis, Howarth ^a   Flory, Augustin ^f   Haddad, Lawrence ^g   Walker, Neff ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Micronutrient Forum   (United States)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

^f RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INSECURITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NOTE; NUTRITION SERVICE; PANDEMIC; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; SURVIVAL RATE; WASTING SYNDROME; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85089368576     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31647-0     Document Type: Note

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