Assessing the role of cash transfer programmes in reducing the risk of acute malnutrition in Somalia

niversity College London0 个研究点目标入组 1,200 人开始时间: 2016年1月22日最近更新: 2023年2月27日

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•1. The geographical inclusion criteria is camps for internally displaced people within the Afgooye Corridor area of peri-urban Mogadishu
•2. Within this geographical area camps that have been previously targeted for inclusion within the Concern Worldwide humanitarian cash transfer programme will be eligible for inclusion in the study. A selection of camps form adjacent areas, that are not targeted for cash transfers, will also be selected for inclusion in the study as control/comparison clusters
•3. Within clusters, a sample of households will be randomly selected for inclusion in the baseline and end-line surveys. Within these selected households, two groups of individuals will be exhaustively sampled: children aged 6-59 months and women aged 15-49 years
•4. Children from all households within the clusters will be included in the nutrition surveillance part of the study, which will involve monthly nutritional assessment using MUAC

•1. Children with a disability that prevents taking weight or height measures
•2. Children with a medical condition that prevents them eating a normal diet
•3. Children confined to bed due to illness
•4. Children living in a household in which the mother/carer is unable to respond to questions due to a speech or hearing impairment

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niversity College London