Evaluating a Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme in a Maternal Health Care Utilization Program Among Rural Pregnant Women in Mysore District, India

• Main Authors: Sandra Kiplagat (Author), Makella S. Coudray (Author), Kavitha Ravi (Author), Poornima Jayakrishna (Author), Karl Krupp (Author), Anjali Arun (Author), Purnima Madhivanan (Author)
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• Published: Mary Ann Liebert, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: According to the World Bank report in 2015, the maternal death rate in India was 174 per 100,000, which is among the highest in the world. The Indian Government launched the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) conditional cash transfer program in 2005 to curb the adverse birth outcomes by promo...