The study focuses on the association between maternal and child undernutrition, and implications of COVID-19, stating that global health and economic metrics including progress in maternal and child nutrition are worst hit by COVID-19. The risk sectors due to COVID-19, includes food systems, incomes, and social protection, health care services for women and children, and services and access to clean water and sanitation. It highlights the interventions that can be employed to strengthen the food-supply chain and reduce the food insecurity to assist the ones who are at immediate risk of food shortages. It also puts emphasis on deploying community health workers, supporting women and community members to lead the community sanitation programs to ensure healthy household environments and reduce the undernutrition in rural as well as urban slums. Also, it talks about Global health and improvements in undernutrition, which will be requiring governments, donors, and development partners to re-strategize and reprioritize investments for the COVID-19 era, while also focusing on data-driven decision making, political will and commitment, and international unity.
