Covid-19 lockdown a disaster for children’s growth as poverty deepens

With nutrition being vital in the first 1,000 days of life, SA looks doomed to a generation of under-developed children

21 September 2020 - 21:30 By tanya farber

The UN has sounded an alarm on what Covid-19 has done to children globally, with SA no exception...

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