An urgent call to address the nutritional status of women and children in Nepal during COVID-19 crises

Int J Equity Health. 2020 Jun 5;19(1):87. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01210-7.

Abstract

Due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown in Nepal, women and children face a greater risk of malnutrition and eventually leading to mortality and morbidity. To harness the progress made so far in improving the nutritional status of women and children, a focus on nutrition should be a part of the COVID-19 response plan.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malnutrition / epidemiology
  • Malnutrition / prevention & control*
  • Nepal / epidemiology
  • Nutritional Status*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*