Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh
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 produ...
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| author | Afsana Anwar ARM. Mehrab Ali Uday Narayan Yadav Md. Nazmul Huda Abu Ansar Md. Rizwan Ateeb Ahmad Parray Haribondhu Sarma Oumma Halima Nobonita Saha Suvasish Das Shuvo Probal Kumar Mondal Abu Ahmed Shamim Sabuj Kanti Mistry |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-81a668efb0d843648c0e206cae2a2bb42025-08-20T02:30:34ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Public Health1744-16921744-17062024-12-0119110.1080/17441692.2023.2295446Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of BangladeshAfsana Anwar0ARM. Mehrab Ali1Uday Narayan Yadav2Md. Nazmul Huda3Abu Ansar Md. Rizwan4Ateeb Ahmad Parray5Haribondhu Sarma6Oumma Halima7Nobonita Saha8Suvasish Das Shuvo9Probal Kumar Mondal10Abu Ahmed Shamim11Sabuj Kanti Mistry12Rohingya Response Crisis, World Vision Bangladesh, Cox’s Bazar, BangladeshARCED Foundation, Dhaka, BangladeshNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaARCED Foundation, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USAHealth Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USANational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaInstitute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, BangladeshInstitute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, BangladeshSonali Bank PLC, Chapainawabganj Branch, Chapainawabganj, BangladeshJames P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, BangladeshARCED Foundation, Dhaka, BangladeshThe 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.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17441692.2023.2295446Food insecurityRohingya refugeeIncome-generating activitiesLivelihood opportunityHousehold-based works |
| spellingShingle | Afsana Anwar ARM. Mehrab Ali Uday Narayan Yadav Md. Nazmul Huda Abu Ansar Md. Rizwan Ateeb Ahmad Parray Haribondhu Sarma Oumma Halima Nobonita Saha Suvasish Das Shuvo Probal Kumar Mondal Abu Ahmed Shamim Sabuj Kanti Mistry Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh Global Public Health Food insecurity Rohingya refugee Income-generating activities Livelihood opportunity Household-based works |
| title | Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh |
| title_full | Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh |
| title_short | Promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh |
| title_sort | promotion of livelihood opportunities to address food insecurity in rohingya refugee camps of bangladesh |
| topic | Food insecurity Rohingya refugee Income-generating activities Livelihood opportunity Household-based works |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17441692.2023.2295446 |
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