The impact of food transfers for people living with HIV/AIDS: Evidence from Zambia

摘要: We estimate the impact of food transfers on diet and consumption expenditures in insecure households with HIV positive members antiretroviral therapy. use primary data collected from 199 beneficiary 179 non-beneficiary Lusaka, Zambia. Propensity score matching estimates show that significantly increase dietary diversity expenditures. Our results also increased proportion optimal consuming at least five groups. The are robust to variation propensity model technique. Sensitivity analysis demonstrates our largely substantial amounts unobserved selection bias. discuss implications findings context growing number HIV/AIDS treatment, care support programmes providing assistance resource poor settings.