在撒哈拉以南非洲地区,气候变化和冲突引起的儿童营养危机
Oche Joseph Otorkpa1, Abdirizak Mohamud Yusuf2, Abdullahi Tunde Aborode3
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Lokoja, Nigeria. drochejoseph@gmail.com.
Conflict and health
|October 4, 2024
概括
气候变化和冲突严重影响撒哈拉以南非洲地区的儿童营养,导致广泛的粮食不安全. 3C方法 (气候智能学校养,食用昆虫,社区食品中心) 提供了综合解决方案.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 粮食安全 粮食安全
背景情况:
- 气候变化和持续的冲突严重恶化了撒哈拉以南非洲 (SSA) 的儿童营养状况.
- 气候模式的变化扰乱了农业和粮食安全,而冲突导致人口流离失所,破坏基础设施.
- 超过50亿儿童生活在易受极端天气影响的地区,影响粮食系统.
研究的目的:
- 探索气候,冲突和儿童营养在SSA的交集.
- 突出不断升级的儿童营养危机及其驱动因素.
- 倡导基于证据的综合解决方案.
主要方法:
- 这篇评论综合了联合国儿童基金会和其他来源关于气候影响,冲突和儿童营养不良的数据.
- 它分析了极端天气事件和地缘政治混乱 (例如,俄罗斯-乌克兰冲突) 对粮食安全的影响.
- 它提出了3C方法作为干预的框架.
主要成果:
- 气候变化和冲突是南非地区儿童严重营养不良的主要驱动因素.
- 极端天气事件导致作物损失,粮食短缺和价格上,不成比例地影响弱势儿童.
- 超过80%的急性粮食不安全非洲人生活在冲突地区,全球供应链中断加剧了这种情况.
结论:
- 为了应对儿童营养危机,采取多方面的方法至关重要.
- 3C方法"气候智能学校养,食用昆虫种植和社区食品中心"提供了一个可行的策略.
- 实施这些解决方案可以提高儿童营养和建立应对气候变化的弹性.
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