Cash Plus Interventions for Prevention of Acute Malnutrition in Children Under 5 and Their Mothers in Somalia

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

3,384

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 17, 2023

Primary Completion Date

December 25, 2023

Study Completion Date

January 30, 2024

Conditions
Malnutrition, ChildWasting DiseaseStuntingMalnutritionMalnutrition, Mother
Interventions
OTHER

Cash only

Households received 1 mobile cash transfer per month for 6 months.

OTHER

Cash + Social Behavior Change Communication

Households received 1 mobile cash transfer per month for 6 months but mothers also received an SBCC package that included interpersonal communication (1:1 consultations for mothers), bi-monthly group sessions on key health and nutrition topics, and cooking demonstrations.

OTHER

Cash + top-up cash

Households received 1 mobile cash transfer per month for 6 months, receiving the base cash amount plus an additional cash top-up amount.

Trial Locations (2)

21205

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore

Unknown

Save the Children Somalia Office, Mogadishu

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Save the Children

OTHER

collaborator

Elrha

OTHER

collaborator

Ministry of Health, Somalia

UNKNOWN

collaborator

UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

UNKNOWN

lead

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

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