Dhaka, April 2 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun implementing its Targeting and Prioritization Exercise (TPE) for monthly food assistance across the Rohingya camps, marking an important transition toward needs-based support for over 1.3 million Rohingya people living in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char.

The TPE analysis found that while all Rohingyas are food insecure, levels of food insecurity vary across households.

Under the new approach, food assistance is aligned with household level food security needs, said the WFP.

Extremely food insecure households will continue to receive USD 12 per person per month in Cox's Bazar (USD 13 in Bhasan Char, reflecting higher market costs).

Highly food insecure households wil...