Issue Post March 30, 2020 Lessons from the AIDS epidemic on how COVID-19 may Impact Food and Nutrition Security Stuart Gillespie Alan Whiteside Poverty, malnutrition, weak healthcare systems, and other factors will complicate the response to the pandemic.

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: UN Children’s Fund Since early 2019, a measles epidemic – the worst in the world — has killed more than 5,300 children under the age of five, while there have been some 31,000 cases of cholera.

Founded in 2011, Evry-based Ÿnsect supplies protein produced from farmed insects to be used in fish feed, fertilizer and pet food. Having raised $125 million in funding from private investors last year, the company is currently working on increasing production to 250,000 metric tons of insect protein per year and […]

Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Djibouti, El Salvador, Eritrea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Serbia, Ukraine, Viet Nam, World Source: UN Development Programme Ante la COVID-19, el PNUD busca una ayuda sin precedentes a largo plazo para los países vulnerables. A largo plazo, el PNUD prevé […]