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Thursday, February 18, 2021

REPORT - Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town - South African Child Gauge 2020

Citation:
May J, Witten C & Lake L (eds) (2020) South African Child Gauge 2020. Cape Town: Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town.
 
Focus of the South African Child Gauge 2020:
The theme of the 2020 issue – “Food and nutrition security” – draws attention to the slow violence of child malnutrition and identifies critical points for intervention across the life course, motivating for urgent, early and sustained investment in order to reduce the burden of stunting, obesity and non-communicable diseases; improve children’s health, education and employment prospects; and drive national development.
 
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Title: If SA has to choose between NHI and food security, it must 'choose the latter'
Author: Londiwe Buthelezi
Published: Fin24, 18 February 2021
From this article:
* The report shows that the level of child stunting in SA is still where it was in 1999.
* Constantly rising food prices are part of the problem.