An emergency cash transfer program promotes weight gain and reduces acute malnutrition risk among children 6-24 months old during a food crisis in Niger

Bliss, Jessica; Golden, Kate; Bourahla, Leila; J. Stoltzfus, Rebecca; Pelletier, David

doi:10.7189/jogh.08.010410

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An emergency cash transfer program promotes weight gain and reduces acute malnutrition risk among children 6-24 months old during a food crisis in Niger

Published in Journal of Global Health • Feb 17, 2018

Authors:

Jessica Bliss

Kate Golden

Leila Bourahla

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Assessment of the impact of emergency cash transfer programs on child nutritional status has been difficult to achieve due to the considerable logistic and ethical constraints that characterize humanitarian settings. METHODS: We present the findings from a quasi-experimental longitudinal...

Subject

Malnutrition

Medicine

Cash transfers

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