This cross-track session will provide an overview of the role of nutrition and susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 disease.
Presentations:
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Could nutrition modulate COVID-19 susceptibility and severity of disease? A rapid systematic review Philip T. James, PhD, MSc – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Mechanisms by which malnutrition, pollution and genetics may interact in their influence on risk/severity of COVID-19 Michael Fenech – University of South Australia
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Modeling impact of COVID on malnutrition Rebecca Heidkamp, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Impact of COVID-19 affordability of healthy diets and examples of mitigation measures Saskia de Pee, PhD – WFP; Anna W. Herforth, MS, PhD – Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Decision tree on how to move forward with health programs (GAVA) Alison Greig, MScPH – Nutrition International
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Country’s mitigation strategies- Ethiopia case study Namukolo Covic, PhD – IFPRI
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Budgeting and financing for COVID Jonathan Kweku Akuoku – The World Bank
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Q&A-Addressing the crisis of COVID19 on malnutrition Saskia Osendarp, PhD – MNF
