Impact evaluation of a cash transfer pilot program in the Kara and Savanes regions, Togo: to determine whether distribution of cash during pregnancy and infancy improves the nutritional status of mothers and young children.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Growth retardationNutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineMalnutrition
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN83330970
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Institute for Development [Institut de Recherche pour le Développement] (IRD) (France)
- Brief Summary
2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33201927/ (added 26/01/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4689
Inclusion Criteria
Children and their mothers willing to participate in the study, living in the villages which have been randomly selected as the treatment or control group. There are two stages to the trial:
1. Cash transfers: Pregnant women and their children up until the child is 24 months old
2. Evaluation: 6-59 month old children and their mothers that have taken part in the trial having received cash transfers and education sessions (treatment group) or as controls (education sessions only)
Exclusion Criteria
Children and mothers having a mental or physical handicap that could affect growth and well-being.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Children's stature after 2 years of intervention, expressed in Height-for-Age Z score
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method