ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2013
Impact of conditional cash transfers on maternal and newborn health.
Article in Journal of health, population, and nutrition, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02447159 (Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfers to Increase Retention in PMTCT Services in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria), which is not on this map. Cited by 107 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfers to Increase Retention in PMTCT Services in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Who cites it
107 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The role of nutrition-sensitive interventions in improving nutritional outcomes: findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
- Associations Between Unconditional Cash Transfers and Postpartum Outcomes in the United States : A Systematic Review.Annals of internal medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Equity in prenatal healthcare services globally: an umbrella review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of women's economic empowerment interventions on antenatal care outcomes: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Do cash transfers alleviate common mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- More evidence on cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2022Pooled it
- The impact of social assistance programs on population health: a systematic review of research in high-income countries.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- The impact of cash transfers on social determinants of health and health inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Health policy and planning · 2018Pooled it
- Demand-side financing for maternal and newborn health: what do we know about factors that affect implementation of cash transfers and voucher programmes?BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2017Pooled it
- The effects of cash transfers and vouchers on the use and quality of maternity care services: A systematic review.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers to Improve Use of Contraception in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Studies in family planning · 2016Pooled it
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- Evaluation of an unconditional cash transfer program targeting children's first-1,000-days linear growth in rural Togo: A cluster-randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2020Trial
- Financial Support to Medicaid-Eligible Mothers Increases Caregiving for Preterm Infants.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Trial
- The impact of monetary incentives on referrals by traditional birth attendants for postnatal care in Nigeria.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Trial
- Conditional cash transfers to prevent mother-to-child transmission in low facility-delivery settings: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Nigeria.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Trial
- Effect of Financial Incentives on Breastfeeding: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA pediatrics · 2018Trial
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Abstract
Maternal and newborn health (MNH) is a high priority for global health and is included among the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, the slow decline in maternal and newborn mortality jeopardizes achievements of the targets of MDGs. According to UNICEF, 60 million women give birth outside of health facilities, and family planning needs are satisfied for only 50%. Further, skilled birth attendance and the use of antenatal care are most inequitably distributed in maternal and newborn health interventions in low- and middle-income countries. Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes have been shown to increase health service utilization among the poorest but little is written on the effects of such programmes on maternal and newborn health. We carried out a systematic review of studies on CCT that report maternal and newborn health outcomes, including studies from 8 countries. The CCT programmes 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 birthweight. The programmes have not had a significant impact on fertility while the impact on maternal and newborn mortality has not been well-documented thus far. Given these positive effects, we make the case for further investment in CCT programmes for maternal and newborn health, noting gaps in knowledge and providing recommendations for better design and evaluation of such programmes. We recommend more rigorous impact evaluations that document impact pathways and take factors, such as cost-effectiveness, into account.
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