The coronavirus pandemic has created a situation of hidden hunger in Bangladesh, which can be detrimental to the physical and mental development of infants and children, according to a study report. A vast majority of the households were not having meat or milk since the pandemic, said the joint survey by BIGD and PPRC. The dismal scenario has had a serious impact on the poverty dynamics in the country. COVID-19 had brought the country’s economy to a standstill, leaving a vast swathe of our population, particularly the economically vulnerable groups, out of work. The survey– first conducted in April and then followed up in June with thousands of slum-dwellers and villagers across Bangladesh– found that a few could recover from the economic distress created by the pandemic. In a webinar hosted on Tuesday, Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman of PPRC and Dr Imran Matin, Executive Director of BIGD presented these findings, says a media release.
The coronavirus pandemic has created a situation of hidden hunger in Bangladesh, which can be detrimental to the physical and mental development of infants and children, according to a study report. A vast majority of the households were not having meat or milk since the pandemic, said the joint survey by BIGD and PPRC. The dismal scenario has had a serious impact on the poverty dynamics in the country. COVID-19 had brought the country’s economy to a standstill, leaving a vast swathe of our population, particularly the economically vulnerable groups, out of work. The survey– first conducted in April and then followed up in June with thousands of slum-dwellers and villagers across Bangladesh– found that a few could recover from the economic distress created by the pandemic. In a webinar hosted on Tuesday, Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman of PPRC and Dr Imran Matin, Executive Director of BIGD presented these findings, says a media release.
