N/A N=10,805 Randomized Other

Manicaland Cash Transfer Trial for Children in Zimbabwe

Vaccination · Education · Birth Registration · Financial Support

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View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00966849 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

10,805

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Jul 2019

Primary outcome: Primary: Proportion of Children Under 5 Years in Vulnerable Households That Have a Birth Certificate — 252; 255; 163 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Conditional Cash Transfer (Other); Unconditional Cash Transfers (Other); Standard Agricultural Package (Other); Parenting Skills Classes (Other)
Age: Pediatric
Sex: All
Sponsor: Imperial College London
Primary completion: Feb 2011

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Proportion of Children Under 5 Years in Vulnerable Households That Have a Birth Certificate	252; 255; 163	—
PRIMARY Proportion of Children Under 5 Years in Vulnerable Households That Have Up-to-date Vaccinations	317; 393; 253	—
PRIMARY Proportion of Children Aged 6-12 Years That Attended Primary School 80% of Days in the Last Month	772; 895; 608	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Children Aged 13-17 Years That Attended Secondary School 80% of Days in the Last Month	735; 812; 570	—

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, eastern Zimbabwe. The study hypotheses are: 1. Cash transfers will increase the percentage of vulnerable children aged 0-4 years with a birth certificate. 2. Cash transfers will increase the percentage of vulnerable children aged 0-4 years with up-to-date vaccinations. 3. Cash transfers will increase the percentage of vulnerable children aged 6-12 years attending primary school at least 80% of days per month.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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 Criteria

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.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00966849). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.