Conditional Cash Transfers and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Unconditionally Promising?
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Conditional Cash Transfers and HIV/AIDS Prevention: Unconditionally Promising?
Conditional cash transfers (CCT) have recently received considerable attention as a potentially innovative and effective approach to the prevention of HIV/AIDS. We evaluate a conditional cash transfer program in rural Malawi which offered financial incentives to men and women to maintain their HIV status for approximately one year. The amounts of the reward ranged from zero to approximately 3-4...
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We carry out a systematic review of studies on CCTs that report maternal and newborn health outcomes, including studies from eight countries. We find that CCTs have increased antenatal visits, skilled attendance at birth, delivery at a health facility, and tetanus toxoid vaccination for mothers, and reduced the incidence of low birth weight. The programs have not had a significant impact on fer...
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عنوان ژورنال: The World Bank Economic Review
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1564-698X,0258-6770
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhr041