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0166/2020 - Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for food and nutrition security in Brazil
Implicações da pandemia COVID-19 para a segurança alimentar e nutricional no Brasil

Author:

• Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva - Ribeiro-Silva, R.C - <ritaribeiroufba@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8387-9254

Co-author(s):

• Marcos Pereira Santos - Santos, M.P. - <mpsnutricao@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3766-2502
• Tereza Campello - Campello, T - <tereza.campello@gmail.com>
• Érica Aragão - Aragão, E - <erikapecs@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4903-0556
• Jane Mary de Medeiros Guimarães - Guimarães, J.M.M - <janemg@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9538-2675
• Andréa Ferreira - Ferreira, A. - <andrea18f@gmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-3624
• Maurício Lima Barreto - Barreto, M.L - <mauricio@ufba.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0215-4930
• Sandra Maria Chaves dos Santos - Santos, S.M.C - <sandra.mchaves@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4706-0284


Abstract:

The emergence of COVID-19 in Brazil made further explicit the huge discrepancy between different social realities that coexist in the country, rekindling the discussions about food and nutrition security, similarly to what has been happening in other countries facing the same pandemic situation. We argue in this paper that the risks to hunger and food security in Brazil have been present since 2016, and now being deepened due to the emergence of the COVID-19 epidemic. This situation demands an understanding of the extent and magnitude of the problem and an articulation of measures in the three spheres of government (federal, municipal and state), in order to ensure access to adequate and healthy food and reduce the negative impacts of the disease through the diet, health and nutrition among the most vulnerable people. Thus, this work aims to contribute to the debate on the measures to be adopted by governments and by the society to promote and guarantee food and nutrition security, and then prevent insecurity and the expansion of hungeradvancing during and after the social and health crisis created by the pandemic.

Keywords:

COVID-19, Pandemics, Food and Nutritional Security, Public Policy.

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Ribeiro-Silva, R.C, Santos, M.P., Campello, T, Aragão, E, Guimarães, J.M.M, Ferreira, A., Barreto, M.L, Santos, S.M.C. Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for food and nutrition security in Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jun). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/implications-of-the-covid19-pandemic-for-food-and-nutrition-security-in-brazil/17648?id=17648&id=17648



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