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

Freddy Houngbe, Audrey Tonguet-Papucci, Chiara Altare, Myriam Ait-Aissa, Jean-François Huneau (), Lieven Huybregts and Patrick Kolsteren
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Freddy Houngbe: UGENT - Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand, ACF - Action contre la Faim
Audrey Tonguet-Papucci: ACF - Action contre la Faim, PNCA - Physiologie de la Nutrition et du Comportement Alimentaire - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech, UGENT - Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand
Chiara Altare: ACF - Action contre la Faim
Myriam Ait-Aissa: ACF - Action contre la Faim
Jean-François Huneau: PNCA - Physiologie de la Nutrition et du Comportement Alimentaire - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech
Lieven Huybregts: IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [Washington] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR]
Patrick Kolsteren: UGENT - Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand

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Abstract: 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

Keywords: Burkina Faso; children; morbidity; nutritional status; seasonal unconditional cash transfers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Published in Journal of Nutrition, 2017, 147 (7), pp.1410-1417. ⟨10.3945/jn.117.247858⟩

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DOI: 10.3945/jn.117.247858

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