Abstract
Population-level COVID-19 containment strategies have been particularly hard on the urban poor and vulnerable population groups such as female-headed households, children, youth, the homeless, informal sector employers and employees, casual workers, the unemployed, and migrants and refugees. As a direct result of the COVID-19 outbreak, a secondary pandemic of hunger and food insecurity is now impacting many of these groups. An effective and sustainable global response to the COVID-19 (and any further) viral pandemics must ensure that food security is an essential piece of the containment and mitigation puzzle.
Highlights
A primary indirect consequence of the growing COVID-19 pandemic across the Global South is a dramatic increase in the prevalence of hunger and food insecurity (HLPE, 2020)
For H6 a Investment in COVID-19 research example, C7 measures range from complete residential a Added to the original table
Each measure is dynamic rather than static, and subject to change, modification, and partial or wholesale relaxation. While some countries, such as China, continued with these policies until the coronavirus was under control, others have opted to loosen restrictions due to the severe economic toll of COVID-19
Summary
A primary indirect consequence of the growing COVID-19 pandemic across the Global South is a dramatic increase in the prevalence of hunger and food insecurity (HLPE, 2020). The dramatic increase in urban food insecurity is partly a function of the disruptions in national and globalized food supply chains (Clapp, 2020). C1 a Behavior change (social distancing, mask-wearing, hand-washing) food sector on which the urban C2 School closing poor depend.
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