Understanding effectiveness of a low-cost food package for ensuring food security during the COVID-19 at the household level: Difference-in-differences analyses of a quasi-experimental trial in Bangladesh

A low-cost food intervention improved the food security status of vulnerable families during COVID-19 lockdown. This finding suggests that government and other aid agencies can adopt the developed food package to ameliorate household food insecurity in adverse situations.

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PLoS ONE
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2026-03-13
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344609
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Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
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Understanding effectiveness of a low-cost food package for ensuring food security during the COVID-19 at the household level: Difference-in-differences analyses of a quasi-experimental trial in Bangladesh

Ar-Rafi Khan, Md. Golam Rasul, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md. Ashraful Alam et al.
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Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
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Understanding effectiveness of a low-cost food package for ensuring food security during the COVID-19 at the household level: Difference-in-differences analyses of a quasi-experimental trial in Bangladesh

Ar-Rafi Khan, Md. Golam Rasul, Tahmeed Ahmed, Md. Ashraful Alam, Subhasish Das
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A low-cost food intervention improved the food security status of vulnerable families during COVID-19 lockdown. This finding suggests that government and other aid agencies can adopt the developed food package to ameliorate household food insecurity in adverse situations.

PLoS ONEVol. 21(3)
The University of Sydney (AU), University of Washington (US), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
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Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
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