HIV affected households in Western Kenya experience greater food insecurity

Murugi Ndirangu, Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Cheryl Palm and Richard J. Deckelbaum

Food Policy, 2013, vol. 42, issue C, 11-17

Abstract: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the first Millennium Village in Western Kenya. We compared the food security status of households affected by HIV/AIDS to households not affected by HIV/AIDS. We also identified coping strategies adopted by members of food insecure households.

Keywords: Food security; HIV/AIDS; Africa; Resource limited setting; Coping strategies; Nutrition; Millennium Villages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.06.005

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