The REFANI-S study protocol: a non-randomised cluster controlled trial to assess the role of an unconditional cash transfer, a non-food item kit, and free piped water

In reducing the risk of acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months living in camps for internally displaced persons in the Afgooye corridor, Somalia.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 6 July 2017

• Country: Somalia
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Food and Nutrition, Health, Humanitarian Disasters and Emergencies
• Authors: Jelle, M, Grijalva-Eternod, C.S., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H

Abstract

The prevalence of acute malnutrition is often high in emergency-affected populations and is associated with elevated mortality risk and long-term health consequences. Increasingly, cash transfer programmes (CTP) are used instead of direct food aid as a nutritional intervention, but there is sparse evidence on their nutritional impact. This study aims to understand whether CTP reduces acute malnutrition and its known risk factors.

This work is part of the Research on Food Assistance for Nutritional Impact (REFANI) project.

Citation

Jelle, M., Grijalva-Eternod, C.S., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H. et al. The REFANI-S study protocol: a non-randomised cluster controlled trial to assess the role of an unconditional cash transfer, a non-food item kit, and free piped water in reducing the risk of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months living in camps for internally displaced persons in the Afgooye corridor, Somalia. BMC Public Health 17, 632 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4550-y

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The REFANI-S study protocol: a non-randomised cluster controlled trial to assess the role of an unconditional cash transfer, a non-food item kit, and free piped water in reducing the risk of acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months living in camps for internally displaced persons in the Afgooye corridor, Somalia

Published 6 July 2017