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Women and urban poverty in Guatemala -- Objectives, design, and cost of the Hogares Comunitarios Program -- Overview of study objectives, design, methods, and samples -- The operational evaluation of the Hogares Comunitarios Program : conceptual framework, objectives, and methodology -- How well does the Hogares Comunitarios Program work? : key findings of the operational evaluation and follow-up actions -- The impact evaluation of the Hogares Comunitarios Program : objectives, design, and methodology -- Key findings of the evaluation of the program's coverage, cost, and impact on children's diets

Pre-pandemic, 3 billion people could not afford a healthy diet; that number could rise by 267.6 million due to the pandemic. Food system transformation must support healthy diets and tackle all forms of malnutrition. KEY MESSAGES - Evidence from phone surveys in low- and middle-income countries shows widespread job and income losses and rapid rises in food insecurity due to government measures to contain the pandemic; poorer households, women, and other vulnerable groups are most affected. - Across the globe, the quality of diets deteriorated due to disruptions in supply of fresh, healthy foods, drops in demand for these foods due to unaffordability and perishability, and increased consumption of cheaper sources of calories including starchy staples and ultra-processed foods. - Deteriorations in diet quality could have devastating consequences for the health and nutrition of vulnerable women and children and could increase all forms of malnutrition in the short term and cause lifelong, irreversible development, health, and nutrition damage, reversing decades of progress made so far. - Food system transformation must support healthy diets and by doing so, serve as double duty actions that simultaneously tackle all forms of malnutrition. ; PR ; IFPRI4; CRP4; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all ; PHND; A4NH ; CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

The COVID-19 pandemic has all the makings of a perfect storm for global malnutrition. The crisis will damage the nutritional status of vulnerable groups through multiple mechanisms. We can expect a dangerous decline in dietary quality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) stemming from the income losses related to government-mandated shutdowns and de-globalization, as well as from the freezing of food transfer schemes such as school feeding programs and the breakdown of food markets due to both demand shocks and supply constraints. But malnutrition will also increase due to healthcare failures, as already strained healthcare systems are forced to divert resources from a range of nutritionally important functions — including antenatal care, immunization, micronutrient supplementation, and prevention and treatment of childhood diarrhea, infections, and acute malnutrition — toward combating COVID-19. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI4; CRP4 ; PHND; A4NH ; CGIAR Research Programs on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)