COVID-19, nutrition, and gender: An evidence-informed approach to gender-responsive policies and programs.

ABSTRACT: In addition to the direct health impacts of COVID-19, government and household mitigation measures have triggered negative indirect economic, educational, and food and health system impacts, hitting low-and middle-income countries the hardest and disproportionately affecting women and girls. We conducted a gender focused analysis on five critical and interwoven crises that have emerged because of the COVID-19 crisis and exacerbated malnutrition and food insecurity. These include restricted mobility and isolation; reduced income; food insecurity; reduced access to essential health and nutrition services; and school closures. Our approach included a theoretical gender analysis, targeted review of the literature, and a visual mapping of evidence-informed impact pathways. As data was identifie

SUBMITTER: Kalbarczyk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9484860 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature