How COVID-19 exacerbated the global hunger crisis
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Axios
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What happens now? |
| 0:01.2 | What happens now? |
| 0:02.8 | How will I cope? |
| 0:04.2 | How will I cope? |
| 0:06.0 | Sometimes you don't want to talk about cancer |
| 0:08.7 | to people you know. |
| 0:10.2 | You just want to talk to someone who knows how you feel. |
| 0:14.9 | That's why I joined the Macmillan Online Community. |
| 0:18.5 | We know what it's like because we're living with cancer too. |
| 0:23.0 | And whatever's on your mind, we're here to help. |
| 0:26.7 | To join us, search Macmillan Online Community. |
| 0:56.7 | The recent protests in Cuba were driven largely around food shortages and prices. |
| 1:05.2 | But it's not just Cuba. |
| 1:06.8 | About a tenth of the world's population was undernourished in 2020, with World Hunger |
| 1:11.7 | hitting a 15-year high. |
| 1:13.6 | That's according to a recent report by the United Nations that outlined how the pandemic |
| 1:18.0 | has reversed years of progress when it comes to global malnutrition. |
| 1:22.8 | Excuses Future Corp. Brian Walsh has been tracking this and joins us now. |
| 1:26.5 | Good morning, Brian. |
| 1:27.7 | Good morning. |
| 1:28.5 | Before the pandemic, can you tell us what the scope of food insecurity looked like |
| 1:32.3 | across the world? |
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