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Pandemic to bring surge in child wasting cases: UN – Yahoo News Australia
The unprecedented social and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic will see nearly seven million more children experience stunting as a result of malnutrition, the United Nations said Tuesday.
The unprecedented social and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic will see nearly seven million more children experience stunting as a result of malnutrition, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Even before COVID-19 there were an estimated 47 million children under five who were moderately or severely wasted, most living in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia.
Now as lockdowns and international trade routes disrupt vital aid supplies, the UN warned that the coronavirus pandemic co…
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