Maternal Cash Transfers Led To Increases In Facility Deliveries And Improved Quality Of Delivery Care In Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Ninety-nine percent of global maternal deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. The high mortality rates are often attributed to a large portion of births occurring outside of formal health care facilities. This has prompted the creation of programs to promote the use of formal delivery care. However, poor-quality care in health facilities in low- and middle-income countries is well documented. It is not clear that shifting births into health facilities in these settings necessarily leads to better-quality care. We present results from a randomized controlled trial in Nigeria that evaluated a conditional cash transfer intervention that paid pregnant women to deliver in a health facility. We found that the intervention led to a 41 percent increase in facility deliveries. We also fo

SUBMITTER: Okeke EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8357024 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature