Laura Robertson|Phyllis Mushati|Jeffrey W. Eaton|Lovemore Dumba|Gideon Mavise|Jeremiah C. Makoni|Christina Schumacher|Thomas M. Crea|Roeland Monasch|Lorraine Sherr|Geoffrey P. Garnett|Constance Nyamukapa|Simon Gregson
Effects of unconditional and conditional cash transfers on child health and development in Zimbabwe: a cluster-randomised trial
Imperial College London|Biomedical Research and Training Institute|Imperial College London|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Boston College|University College London|Imperial College London|Biomedical Research and Training Institute|Imperial College London|Biomedical Research and Training Institute|Imperial College London
cashtransfer programmes improve wellbeing vulnerable children studies rigorously assessed effectiveness subsaharan africa investigated effects unconditional cash transfers ucts conditional cash transfers ccts birth registration vaccination uptake school attendance children zimbabwewe matched clusterrandomised controlled trial ten sites manicaland zimbabwe divided study site three clusters baseline survey july september 2009 clusters site randomly assigned uct cct control drawing lots hat eligible households contained children younger 18 years satisfied least one criteria head household younger 18 years household cared least one orphan younger 18 years disabled person individual chronically ill household poorest wealth quintile january 2010 january 2011 households uct clusters collected payments every 2 months households cct clusters could receive amount monitored compliance several conditions related child wellbeing eligible households clusters including control clusters access parenting skills classes received maize seed fertiliser december 2009 august 2010 households individuals delivering intervention masked data analysts primary endpoints proportion children younger 5 years birth certificate proportion younger 5 years uptodate vaccinations proportion aged 612 years attending school least 80 time trial registered clinicaltrialsgov number nct009668491199 eligible households allocated control group 1525 uct group 1319 cct group compared control clusters proportion children aged 04 years birth certificates increased 15 95 ci 71 101 uct group 164 78250 cct group end intervention period proportions children aged 04 years complete vaccination records 31 38 99 greater uct group 18 50 87 greater cct group control group proportions children aged 612 years attended school least 80 time 72 08137 higher uct group 76 12141 cct group control groupour results support strategies integrate cash transfers social welfare programming subsaharan africa evidence needed comparative effectiveness uct cct programmes regionwellcome trust world bank partnership child development programme support zimbabwe national action plan orphans vulnerable children