ArticleTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2016
Effectiveness of a conditional cash transfer programme on TB cure rate: a retrospective cohort study in Brazil.
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My Mobile Wallet: An Intervention to Support Access to Tuberculosis Care and Medication Adherence in Rural Uganda
Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Record linkage in tuberculosis epidemiological surveillance in Brazil: systematic methodological literature review.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026Pooled it
- Improving cascade outcomes for active TB: A global systematic review and meta-analysis of TB interventions.PLoS medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Adherence interventions and outcomes of tuberculosis treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis of trials and observational studies.PLoS medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Cash interventions to improve clinical outcomes for pulmonary tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2018Pooled it
- One dollar incentive improves tuberculosis treatment outcomes in programmatic settings in rural Uganda.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Tuberculosis in Brazil and cash transfer programs: A longitudinal database study of the effect of cash transfer on cure rates.PloS one · 2019Trial
- A randomized controlled study of socioeconomic support to enhance tuberculosis prevention and treatment, Peru.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2017Trial
- Primary health care response to tuberculosis treatment in Brazilian cities during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method study.Global health action · 2025Article
- Effect of specific and sensitive interventions for the social protection of people affected by tuberculosis: a meta-analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Qualitative Study of Nutritional Support-Related Perceptions and Preferences Among Persons Affected by TB, Family Caregivers, and Healthcare Providers in India.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Effects of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort.Nature medicine · 2025Observational
- Need for operational simplicity and timely disbursal of benefits-a qualitative exploration of the implementation of a direct benefit transfer scheme for persons with tuberculosis in India.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2024Article
- The effect of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality is determined by ethnoracial and socioeconomic factors: a cohort study of 54 million individuals in Brazil.Research square · 2024Article
- Social protection as a right of people affected by tuberculosis: a scoping review and conceptual framework.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2023Article
- Acceptability, Usefulness, and Ease of Use of an Enhanced Video Directly Observed Treatment System for Supporting Patients With Tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda: Explanatory Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Digital Adherence Technologies and Mobile Money Incentives for Management of Tuberculosis Medication Among People Living With Tuberculosis: Mixed Methods Formative Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Social Protection Interventions for TB-Affected Households: A Scoping Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Experiences of conditional and unconditional cash transfers intended for improving health outcomes and health service use: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- The Association Between Household Financial Burden and Patient Mobility and Their Impact on Loss to Follow-Up Among Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Guizhou, China.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- Analysis of catastrophic costs incurred by patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in an outpatient clinic in the state of Rio de Janeiro.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the efforts of the National Tuberculosis Programme, TB cure rates in Brazil are sub-optimal. The End TB Strategy for post-2015 identifies conditional cash transfer interventions as powerful tools to improve TB control indicators, including TB cure rate. This study aims to inform the new policy by evaluating the role of the Bolsa Familia Programme (BFP), one of the largest conditional cash transfer programmes in the world, on TB cure rates in Brazil.
methodsWe undertook a retrospective cohort study, based on an unprecedented record linkage of socioeconomic and health data, to compare cases of patients newly diagnosed with TB in 2010 receiving BFP cash benefits (n=5788) with those who did not (n=1467) during TB treatment. We used Poisson regression with robust variance to estimate the relative risks for TB cure adjusted for known confounders.
resultsThe cure rate among patients exposed to BFP during TB treatment was 82.1% (4752/5788), 5.2% higher than among those not exposed. This was confirmed after controlling for TB type, diabetes mellitus, HIV status and other relevant clinical and socioeconomic covariates (RR=1.07, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.11 for cure rates among BFP beneficiaries). This association seemed higher for patients not under directly observed treatment (RR=1.11; 95% CI 1.05 to 1.16).
conclusionsAlthough further research is needed, this study suggests that conditional cash transfer programmes can contribute to improve TB cure rate in Brazil.
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