The impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on maternal and child malnutrition in Myanmar: What to expect, and how to protect

Derek Headey, Ame Cho, Sophie Goudet, Jecinter Akinyi Oketch and Than Zaw Oo

No 14, Myanmar SSP policy notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar poses a very serious risk to the nutritional status of vulnerable populations, notably women and children, as well as poor urban populations and internally displaced persons. The COVID-19 crisis will hit vulnerable groups through multiple mechanisms.

Keywords: child nutrition; covid-19; malnutrition; nutrition; maternal nutrition; Myanmar; Asia; South-eastern Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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