The REFANI-S study protocol: a non-randomised cluster controlled trial to assess the role of an unconditional cash transfer, a non-food item kit, and free piped water in reducing the risk of acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months living in camps for internally displaced persons in the Afgooye corridor, Somalia

• Main Authors: Mohamed Jelle (Author), Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod (Author), Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli (Author), Sarah King (Author), Cassy L. Cox (Author), Jolene Skordis-Worrall (Author), Joanna Morrison (Author), Timothy Colbourn (Author), Edward Fottrell (Author), Andrew J. Seal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The prevalence of acute malnutrition is often high in emergency-affected populations and is associated with elevated mortality risk and long-term health consequences. Increasingly, cash transfer programmes (CTP) are used instead of direct food aid as a nutritional intervention, b...