In this blog post, Emma Feutl Kent, Global Policy and Advocacy Manager for 1,000 Days and Karin Lapping, Nutrition Technical Director for FHI Solutions, call attention to the "malnutrition epidemic" that the world's children are currently facing, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. "The indirect effects of this pandemic risk the lives and potential of an entire generation," say the authors.
"Now, more than ever, it is critical that we act quickly to implement a targeted package of preventative and curative essential nutrition interventions:
- Supplying all pregnant women with prenatal vitamins;
- Supporting breastfeeding mothers;
- Continuing large-scale Vitamin A Supplementation; and
- Providing lifesaving therapeutic foods to wasted children"