References and Further Reading on Malnutrition across the spectrum and the increased health risks during the COVID-19 pandemic

On Friday 26th June DSAI's Nutrition and Health Study Group in partnership with the Irish Global Health Network and Esther Alliance held a joint event: 'Malnutrition across the spectrum and the increased health risks during the COVID-19 pandemic'. Watch the recording and find out more about the event here.

Below are a number of links as references and further reading relating to this webinar. 

• https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
• Roberton et al. Early estimates of the indirect effects of the coronavirus pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Lancet Global Health 
• COVID-19 pandemic and challenges for socio-economic issues, healthcare and National Health Programs in India
• Walker et al. The impact of COVID-19 and strategies for mitigation and suppression in low- and middle-income countries. Science. 10th June
• Food insecurity will be the sting in the tail of COVID-19. 
• Avoiding indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health 
• Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition. June 2020. 
• Find out more at the Emergency Nutrition Network including;
• COVID-19 and nutrition programming
• Management of child wasting in the context of COVID-19
• Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) programming in the context of COVID-19.
• Nutrition information management, surveillance and monitoring in the context of COVID-19.
• Protecting Maternal Diets and Nutrition Services and Practices in the Context of COVID-19
• Guidance for nutrition in emergencies practitioners on COVID-19 
• Risk of COVID-19 complications in Children affected by Wasting: A Joint Statement by the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Global Nutrition Cluster 
• Frequently asked questions: Breastfeeding and COVID-19 For health care workers 
• If you would like to know more about CONCERN and their work on health and nutrition please visit their website here. 
• The 2020 Global Nutrition Report in the context of Covid-19 
• CONCERN Adapting Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition in the context of COVID-19
• If you would like to know more about NNEdPro Global Centre for Nutrition and Health visit their website here.
• Scaling UP Nutrition in Morocco 
• COVID-19 portal with the best and most updated information on global health available at: https://globalhealth.ie/covid19/