Recurrent floods, food insecurity and child undernutrition in rural India
(2016)
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- Guha-Sapir, Debarati
- Abstract
- A recent UNICEF report estimated that at least half a billion children worldwide inhabit communities at high risk of flooding, many of which are already affected by unacceptable levels of undernutrition, disease, or lack access to basic services. The vulnerability to floods might be high in rural areas as a result of social inequalities, poor housing, weak infrastructure and food insecurity. Climate change is affecting the frequency and intensity of precipitation. The study of the health’s impact of floods in on the rise. Yet, scant controlled epidemiological studies exist, particularly on the nutritional consequences of flooding on children. Focusing on rural communities affected by two consecutive floods in Odisha (India), this thesis takes an epidemiological approach to elucidate three major questions: whether single and recurrent flood exposure are linked to child undernutrition, what are most vulnerable groups and how to improve the humanitarian response and long-term adaptation.
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Rodriguez-Llanes, J. M. (2016). Recurrent floods, food insecurity and child undernutrition in rural India. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/69942