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Virus Outbreak Global Hunger

Akon Morro, a 2-year-old who is anemic and suffers from edema due to malnutrition, sits on the floor of a feeding center in Al Sabah Children's Hospital in the capital Juba, South Sudan, on Dec. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has set back two decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition and is likely to kill 168,000 children before a global recovery. That's according to a global study from a coalition of international organizations.

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