Coverage of social assistance in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a time-to-event analysis

Ashwini Sunil Deshpande, Addis Kassahun Mulat, Wenhui Mao, Mohamed M Diab, Osondu Ogbuoji

Correspondence to Ashwini Sunil Deshpande; ashwinisunil.deshpande@duke.edu

Abstract

Objective In a pandemic, government assistance is essential to support the most vulnerable households as they face health and economic challenges. However, government assistance is effective only when it reaches vulnerable households in time. In this paper, we estimated the timeliness of government assistance for the most vulnerable households (ie, the poor households) in Ethiopia during its COVID-19 response of 2020. In particular, we conducted a time-to-event analysis to compare the time to receive government assistance between poor and non-poor households in Ethiopia.

Source: British Medical Journal