COVID-19 Salgını Sürecinde Besin Tedariği ve Güvencesi(zliği)
FOOD SUPPLY AND (IN)SECURITY DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK PROCESS
Yazar: Ongan, Dilek; Songür Bozdağ, Ayşe Nur; Ayer, Çağla
Dergi: İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 5 No. 2, 2020
Anahtar kelimeler: Health Care Administration ; Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi ; COVID-19,Food Supply,Food Security,Food Safety,Sustainability ; COVID-19,Gıda tedariği,Gıda güvencesi,Besin güvenilirliği,Sürdürülebilirlik

Özet Çin’in Wuhan kentinde Aralık 2019’da başlayan ve salgın haline gelen COVID-19 toplumları sağlık, eğitim, beslenme, ilaç, ticaret, ekonomi, işsizlik ve sosyal açıdan etkilemiştir. Hastalığın yayılmasını azaltmak üzere alınan sosyal izolasyon ve karantina önlemleri ülkelerin ekonomik yükünü arttıran adımlar atılmasına neden olurken, sağlık sisteminde olduğu gibi besin üretim ve tedarik zincirinin devam etmesi için de büyük çaba gösterilmiştir ve hala gösterilmektedir. Tüm sosyo-ekonomik kesimden bireylerin besine erişimini ve yeterli-dengeli beslenme imkânlarını en az düzeyde kısıtlayacak tedbirler alınması ve halkın besin güvencesinin sağlanması bu süreçte önemli hedefler arasındadır. Çünkü iyi bilinmektedir ki; diğer enfeksiyon hastalıklarında olduğu gibi bireylerin beslenme durumu iyi olduğunda COVID-19 enfeksiyonundan ve/veya hastalığın komplikasyonlarından korunma olasılığı artmaktadır. Besin güvencesiyle bağlantılı olan bu sağlık-beslenme ilişkisi COVID-19 salgını sürecinde de önemini devam ettirmektedir. Bu derlemede COVID-19 salgınında besinlerin üretim-tedarik zincirindeki değişimler, alınacak hijyenik önlemler, besine erişim olanakları ve bunları tehdit eden unsurlar ele alınmış, sürdürülebilir beslenme adımlarıyla geleceğe ışık tutulmaya çalışılmıştır.Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, besin tedariği, besin güvencesi, besin güvenilirliği,sürdürülebilirlik.AbstractCOVID-19, which started in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and became a pandemic, affected societies in terms of health, education, nutrition, medicine, trade, economy, unemployment, and other social aspects. While social isolation and quarantine measures, which are taken to reduce the disease spread, led countries to take steps increasing the economic burden, great efforts were made and still have being made to continue the food production and supply chain, as in healthcare system. Minimizing the limitations of food access and adequate-balanced nutrition of individuals from all socioeconomic strata and ensuring food security are crucial goals in this process, because when individuals have good nutritional status, they are more likely to be protected from the COVID-19 infection and/or complications, as in other infectious diseases. Health and nutrition relationship, linked to food security, continues its importance during COVID-19 pandemic. In this review, the changes in foods production-supply chain, hygienic precautions, food access possibilities, and threatening factors during COVID-19 were discussed, and efforts were made to shed light on the future through sustainable nutrition steps.Keywords: COVID-19, food supply, food security, food safety, sustainability.

COVID-19, which started in December 2019 in Wuhan, China and spread worldwide and which was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, affected all societies in terms of health, education, nutrition, medicine, trade, economy, unemployment and social aspects. While, social isolation and quarantine measures taken to reduce the spread of the disease led the countries to take steps that force the economic burden, great efforts have been and are being made to continue the food production and supply chain, as in the healthcare system. Measures to minimize the limitation of access to food and adequate-balanced nutrition opportunities of families from all socio-economic status and ensuring food security for the public are among the crucial goals in this process, because it is well known that, when individuals have good nutritional status, they are more likely to be protected from SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or complications of the disease, as in the other infectious diseases. This health-nutrition relationship, which is linked to the food security of the households, continues its importance during the epidemic of COVID-19. In this review, changes in the production and supply chain of foods, hygieneic precautions, food access possibilities and threatening factors during the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed, and efforts were made to shed light on the future through sustainable nutrition steps.