Search now

Filter search

Reset filters
340 Sources Found

Horn of Africa

  • Research
  • Brief
  • Report
  • Climate Shocks
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Nutrition
  • Other Crises
Famine Early Systems Network FEWS NET
Brief on the world's worst acute food insecurity emergency of 2022 is occurring over the Horn of Africa. In northern Ethiopia, extreme acute food insecurity has resulted from the conflict and subsequent limited commercial and humanitarian access. In the eastern ...
View source

Ukraine crisis

  • Research
  • Article
  • Food Insecurity
  • Ukraine War
Famine Early Systems Network FEWS NET,
Article on pre-invasion analysis of forecasted food insecurity impacts of a moderate-to-major Russian invasion of Ukraine. While this analysis was based on a scenario that did not come to pass, it is expected that much of the report remains valid ...
View source

COVID-19 Search page

  • Research
  • Database
  • Report
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
Famine Early Systems Network FEWS NET
Database for global COVID-19 related articles and reports.
View source

Health service resilience

  • Advocacy
  • Article
  • Blog
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Health
  • Other Crises
  • Resilience
WHO WHO 2022
Article on the importance of health service resilience. Developing resilient health services and systems ensures countries can effectively prevent, prepare for, detect, adapt to, respond to and recover from public health threats while ensuring the maintenance of quality essential and ...
View source

Lessons for social protection from the COVID-19 lockdowns: Report 1 of 2: State actors

  • Research
  • Report
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Economic
  • Restricted Mobility
Indian Institute for Human Settlements Bhan, G., Chowdhury, A., Margosa, N., Sampat, K., Sohane, N. 2020
Report on COVID-19 and its attendant lockdowns in India as a crucial moment to assess social protection. Such analysis is particularly needed since the gaps in India’s social protection systems are well known. Yet often assessment of those gaps focuses ...
View source

Highlighted Sources

Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2022: Urban food systems and nutrition – Launch recording, Key messages & Full report

  • Policy
  • Research
  • Article
  • Press release
  • Report
  • Video
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Economic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Health
  • Nutrition
  • Ukraine War
  • Women and/or Girls
2023-01-24
Press release on the launch and key messages of the fifth annual Asia-Pacific regional SOFI report. The report’s highlights capture the challenges and system-level determinants of unhealthy diets in urban areas, both regarding undernutrition and overweight. It presents, among others, data on food security and affordability and the state of progress on achieving the global nutrition targets. The findings profile various urban environments, interventions, experiences, and opportunities to innovate at multiple levels to transform urban areas into sustainable cities. A link to the report's virtual launch event is available including the recording, key messages, and full report. View Source

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on diets, nutrition services & nutrition practices in UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR): Evidence from remote surveys

  • Research
  • Report
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Economic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Health
  • Nutrition
  • Women and/or Girls
2023-01-01
Report on the impact of the COVID pandemic on diets, services, and practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The report presents findings from remote surveys in six ESAR countries with data on breastfeeding, diet diversity, food consumption and insecurity, drivers of dietary changes, and disruptions to nutrition services. The survey provides important learning for the future use of remote methods for collecting nutrition data. Technical brief, pull report, and six country briefs are available. View Source

Economic shocks predict increases in child wasting prevalence

  • Research
  • Article
  • Journal article
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Economic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Health
  • Nutrition
  • Other Crises
  • Social Support and Protection
2022-04-20
Article on the impact of severe negative economic shock on child acute malnutrition (wasting), a major risk factor for under-5 mortality. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) macroeconomic volatility is common, and severe negative economic shocks can substantially increase poverty and food insecurity. Less well understood are the implications of these contractions for child wasting. This study explores the nutritional impacts of economic growth shocks over 1990–2018 by linking wasting outcomes collected for 1.256 million children from 52 countries to lagged annual changes in economic growth. Estimates suggest that a 10% annual decline in national income increases moderate/severe wasting prevalence by 14.4–17.8%. An exploration of possible mechanisms suggests negative economic shocks may increase risks of inadequate dietary diversity among children. Applying these results to the latest economic growth estimates for 2020 suggests that COVID-19 could put an additional 9.4 million preschoolers at risk of wasting, net of the effects of preventative policy actions. View Source