Low weight-for-height: Wasting or thinness indicates in most cases a recent and severe process of weight loss, which is often associated with acute starvation and/or severe disease. Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Manutrition
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Seasonal unconditional cash transfer (UCT), with a value of approximately 1500PRs (GBP 9), distributed monthly over 6 months.
Intervention 2: Seasonal unconditional cash transfer (UCT
Sponsors
UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Households identified as poor and very poor (according to wealth index criteria) and with a child or children aged 6-48 months 2. Households with children born in the area during the study period
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Poor and very poor households with no eligible child 2. Households with children who moved to the area within 6 months before the intervention (and may not be typical of households in the village e.g. those migrating due to drought in their area) 3. Households who do not give consent 4. Children who are chronically ill (with prescribed medical treatment)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevalence of wasting (as measured by weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) <-2 or the presence of bilateral pitting oedema) in children <5 years old, assessed at baseline and then monthly during the intervention period and then again at 1 year after baseline | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Severe wasting (defined as WHZ 19 years old) (<16, <17<18.5kg/m2) 6. Morbidity in children (diarrhoea, malaria and respiratory illness). 7. Individual Diet Diversity Score (children and mothers) 1-7 will be assessed at baseline and then monthly during the intervention period and then again at 1 year after baseline. 8. Cost effectiveness of the different cash transfer modalities, assessed at the end of the intervention | — |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed