The impact of Covid-19 on nutritional status and food insecurity
When: | Wednesday, 22 July 2020 - Wednesday, 22 July 2020 |
Where: | Online Event |
Start time: | 16:00 |
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The DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development and the Global Health Research Institute together with partners will host this webinar.
Panellists:
Dr Julian May, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security │An overview of the impact of lockdown interventions on food security in South Africa
Dr Chantell Witten, University of the Free State│ Policy analysis of the exacerbated children’s nutrition crisis and interventions that can be made
Dr Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, DOHaD Africa and the African Population and Health Research Centre, Kenya │ The impact in Kenya on food insecurity and its implications for Kenya’s child nutrition plan
Dr Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Unité Mixte de Recherche en Nutrition et Alimentation, CNESTEN-Université Ibn Tofail, Morocco│ Impact of Covid-19 on food security in Morocco : How accessible has healthy and affordable food been during this time? Challenges and recommendations
Professor Caroline Fall, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Research Unit/GHRI (Southampton) │Moderation and response
