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Anwar A, Ali AM, Yadav UN, Huda MN, Rizwan AAM, Parray AA, Sarma H, Halima O, Saha N, Shuvo SD, Mondal PK, Shamim AA, Mistry SK. Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh. Glob Public Health 2024; 19:2295446. [PMID: 38118127 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2295446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
Abstract
The world is facing a tremendous problem in the form of food insecurity that is posing a great challenge to achieving sustainable development goal 2 of creating a hunger-free world. Refugees and displaced populations are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity and malnutrition, who lack any productive assets and depend on aid. Rohingya refugees, displaced from Myanmar and took refuge in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, live in a crowded unhealthy environment and are severely vulnerable to food insecurity and malnutrition. In our recent study, we found that only 21.6% of the households in Rohingya refugee camps had acceptable food security status. Interestingly, this study further revealed that acceptable food security status was significantly higher among the households that had some additional income aside from aid, compared to those relying on aid alone. This shows the importance of promoting livelihood opportunities to improve food security status among the camp dwellers. In this paper, we presented our views on promoting livelihood opportunities to address the overwhelming food insecurity crisis among the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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Affiliation(s)
- Afsana Anwar
- Rohingya Response Crisis, World Vision Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- ARCED Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
| | | | - Ateeb Ahmad Parray
- Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh
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- James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- ARCED Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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