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COVID-19: From health crises to food security anxiety and policy implications.
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- Epidemics, Lockdown Measures and Vulnerable Populations: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of the Evidence of Impacts on Mother and Child Health in Low-and Lower-Middle-Income Countries.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rural Food Security in High Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Impact of COVID-19 on household hunger and socio-economic inequality in South Africa: a comparative analysis using NIDS-CRAM (2020-2021) and NFNSS 2022 data.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Evidence from Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Stockpiling and food worries: Changing habits and choices in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic.Socio-economic planning sciences · 2022Article
- COVID- 19 and human right to food: lived experiences of the urban poor in Kenya with the impacts of government's response measures, a participatory qualitative study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Burden and factors associated with perceived stress amidst COVID-19: a population web-based study in Pakistan.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Exploring the Mangrove Fruit: From the Phytochemicals to Functional Food Development and the Current Progress in the Middle East.Marine drugs · 2022Review
- Intersections between COVID-19 and socio-economic mental health stressors in the lives of South African adolescent girls and young women.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2022Article
- Do COVID-19 and Food Insecurity Influence Existing Inequalities between Women and Men in Africa?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on women's alcohol use, mental health, and experiences of intimate partner violence in Wakiso, Uganda.PloS one · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Impact on Household Food Security in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Hyderabad, India.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Impact of government policies on individual choices of food and potential impact on outcomes and nutrition among vulnerable population during COVID-19 pandemic in low- to middle-income country: Literature review.SAGE open medicine · 2022Review
- Containing COVID-19 and the social costs on human rights in African countries.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2022Review
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Abstract
Like the rest of the world, African countries are reeling from the health, economic and social effects of COVID-19. The continent's governments have responded by imposing rigorous lockdowns to limit the spread of the virus. The various lockdown measures are undermining food security, because stay at home orders have among others, threatened food production for a continent that relies heavily on agriculture as the bedrock of the economy. This article draws on quantitative data collected by the GeoPoll, and, from these data, assesses the effect of concern about the local spread and economic impact of COVID-19 on food worries. Qualitative data comprising 12 countries south of the Sahara reveal that lockdowns have created anxiety over food security as a health, economic and human rights/well-being issue. By applying a probit model, we find that concern about the local spread of COVID-19 and economic impact of the virus increases the probability of food worries. Governments have responded with various efforts to support the neediest. By evaluating the various policies rolled out we advocate for a feminist economics approach that necessitates greater use of data analytics to predict the likely impacts of intended regulatory relief responses during the recovery process and post-COVID-19.
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