Evaluation of the WFP assisted wheat-soya blended (WSB) food supplementation on nutrional status

Wheat soya blended (WSB) food was distributed ~ong 74,000 'poorest of the poor'
\nhouseholds in 5 highly flood-affected districts in Bangladesh under an agreement signed
\nin May 1999 between BRAC and World Food Programme. Each selected household
\nreceived 10 kg WSB per month, and only under-5 children and pregnant/lactating
\nmothers were entitled to consume the food for a period of five months.
\nThe objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of WSB supplementation
\nprogramme with special emphasis on nutritional status of under-5 children. Other aspects
\n· of the programme such as efficacy of targeting, quality of the WSB food distributed,
\nacceptability and consumption of WSB food were also evaluated.
\nThe study followed a pre-post design with a comparison group. Karnarkhond thana (subdistrict)
\nin Sirajganj district was selected as…