Hunger from the coronavirus pandemic will likely cause millions more children to suffer from severe malnutrition and add 168,000 child deaths, a study by a consortium of international organizations said on Monday.
By 2022, COVID-19 could cause 9.3 million more children to suffer from wasting and 2.6 million more children to be afflicted by stunting, both forms of severe malnutrition, mainly in South Asia and most of Africa, according to the study from 51 nutrition, economics, food and health system experts with the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium.
