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Preventing the Next Pandemic is Vastly Cheaper Than Reacting to It: Study

Posted: 11 Feb 2022 07:28 AM PST

This article, by Sharon Guynup, originally appeared on Mongabay.As the novel COVID-19 coronavirus swept the planet in early 2020, researchers scrambled to find effective treatments and vaccines. Within a year, there was a clarion call from heads of state, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies to create an international "pandemic preparedness and response" treaty. WHO noted that […] Related posts: Avoiding the Next Pandemic: A NOW Interview with Sharon Guynup Urbanization...

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COVID-19 Costs: Declining Maternal and Child Nutrition in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Posted: 08 Feb 2022 09:01 PM PST

"The pandemic and related global economic recession are severe setbacks to already insufficient progress towards meeting the global nutrition targets set for 2025 for stunting, wasting, maternal anemia and breastfeeding," write the authors of a 2021 study examining the effects of COVID-19 on child and maternal health and nutrition. Adequate nutrition in the perinatal period […] Related posts: Shaping a Maternal Mental Health Crisis Response to COVID-19 Overlapping Crises: Gender-Based...

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