Unconditional cash transfers do not prevent children's undernutrition in the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM'Out) cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso
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2017
- handle: 10670/1.hgp5b0
- hal: hal-01779025
- doi: 10.3945/jn.117.247858
- PRODINRA: 410038
- PUBMED: 28539413
- WOS: 000406533100023
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Burkina Faso children morbidity nutritional status seasonal unconditional cash transfers I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I1 - Health -bio]/Food and Nutrition -bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologieSujets proches
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Freddy Houngbe et al., « Unconditional cash transfers do not prevent children's undernutrition in the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM'Out) cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10.3945/jn.117.247858
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Background: Limited evidence is available on the impact that unconditional cash transfer (UCT) programs can have on child nutrition, particularly in West Africa, where child undernutrition is still a public health challenge.Objective: This study examined the impact of a multiannual, seasonal UCT program to reduce the occurrence of wasting (weight-for-height, midupper arm circumference), stunting (height-for-age), and morbidity among children