Conditional Cash Transfers for Maternal Health Interventions: Factors Influencing Uptake in North-Central Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nigeria accounts for a significant proportion of global maternal mortality figures with little progress made in curbing poor health indices. In a bid to reverse this trend, the Government of Nigeria initiated a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme to encourage pregnant women utilize services at designated health facilities. This study aims to understand experiences of women who register for CCT services and explore reasons behind non-uptake of those women who do not register.

Methods

We conducted this study in a rural community in North Central Nigeria. Having identified programme beneficiaries by randomly sampling contact details obtained from the programme database, using snowball sampling method we sourced non-beneficiaries list based on recommendations fr

SUBMITTER: Baba-Ari F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6186474 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature