Afya Credit Incentive for Improved Maternal and Child Health
Project Summary
The project aims to test whether well-designed and targeted financial incentives can succeed in changing hard-to-change behaviours; in this case using maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) services.
The study is a cluster randomised controlled trial located in Siaya County, a rural district in Western Kenya. The intervention being tested is a conditional cash transfer to women each time they attend their health appointments for ANC, facility birth and postnatal care visits until their newborns reach 1 year of age.
Key Project Information
Dates: Spring 2016 - Autumn 2018
Status: Completed
UCL lead: Dr Jolene Skordis, Principal investigator: Dr Caroline Ochieng
Partners: The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) (lead partner) and Safe Water and AIDs Project
Location: Kenya
Funding: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Contact: j.skordis-worrall@ucl.ac.uk / h.haghparast-bidgoli@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Jolene Skordis
Dr Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli
Dr Neha Batura
Dr Andrew Copas
Project Leader: Sangoro Onyango (SEI) (SEI)
Project Manager: Dr Matthew Fielding (SEI)
Communications: Tom Gill and Sarah Maryanne Odera (SEI)