The Impact of a Mobile Money-Based Intervention on Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes in Madagascar: Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial barriers to accessing obstetric care persist in many low-resource settings. With increasing use of mobile phones, mobile money services appear as a promising tool to address this concern. Maternal health care is particularly suitable for a savings program using mobile money due to the predictable timing and costs of delivery. The mobile money-based Mobile Maternal Health Wallet (MMHW) intervention aimed to ease the burden of out-of-pocket expenses related to maternal health care by providing an accessible savings tool.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the impact of the MMHW on maternal and neonatal health outcomes.

Methods

We used a stratified cluster-randomized trial to assess the impact of the MMHW on maternal and neonatal health outcomes in

SUBMITTER: Bogler L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12397756 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature