Food in times of crisis
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
While nearly 40% of children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from malnutrition, the coronavirus pandemic risks worsening the situation of populations on the brink of starvation: this is what emerges from a report published by FAO and the World Food Program.
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In France, in this period of epidemic, certain associations have to respond to the challenges of food aid, and distributions are proving necessary today, for an increasing number of families, in certain working-class neighborhoods.
- Dr Pierre Michelleti , public health doctor, president of the NGO Action contre la Faim , teacher at the Faculty of Medicine and at Sciences Po Grenoble
- Pr Jean-Chrysostome Gody, director and pediatrician at the Bangui pediatric complex in the Central African Republic
- Mohamed Mechmache , coordinator of food distributions led by the Association "AC le feu" in Clichy-sous-Bois in the Paris region
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