Status:
COMPLETED
Manicaland Cash Transfer Trial for Children in Zimbabwe
Lead Sponsor:
Imperial College London
Collaborating Sponsors:
Biomedical Research and Training Institute
Catholic Relief Services
Conditions:
Vaccination
Education
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether cash transfers (conditional and unconditional) can improve health and social outcomes amongst children living in vulnerable households in Manicaland, ...
Detailed Description
Cash transfer programmes provide cash to families caring for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Conditional cash transfer programmes require families to comply with conditions relating to child he...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- A household will be defined as vulnerable and thereby eligible for inclusion in the programme if there are children \<18 years resident in the household at baseline AND
- household is in the poorest quintile of households (20%) at baseline OR
- household contains one or more orphans at baseline OR
- the household head is under 18 years of age at baseline OR
- household contains a chronically ill member OR
- household contains a disabled member
- A household will be defined as individuals that live within the same homestead and eat from the same pot.
Exclusion
- Households already receiving cash transfers for orphans or vulnerable children (OVC) will not be eligible to enroll in the pilot programme.
- During the trial, households that do not qualify at baseline but whose conditions later change such that they become eligible to participate in the pilot will not be able to enroll.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
4043 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00966849
Start Date
August 1 2009
End Date
February 1 2011
Last Update
August 2 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Biomedical Research and Training Institute
Harare, Zimbabwe