Cash transfer and microfinance interventions for tuberculosis control: Review of the impact evidence and policy implications

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Boccia, Delia ^a   Hargreaves, J ^a   Lonnroth K ^b   Jaramillo, E ^b   Weiss, J ^b   Uplekar, M ^b   Porter, J D H ^a   Evans, C A ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Cash; Impact; Microcredit; Review; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WELLBEING;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955804827     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0438     Document Type: Review

References (69)

1. Krieger N. Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century: an ecosocial perspective. Int J Epidemiol 2001; 30: 668-677.
2. Szereter S. Economic growth, disruption, deprivation, disease and death: on the importance of the politics of public health for development. Popul Dev Rev 1997; 23: 693-728.
3. Obermeyer Z, Abbott-Klafter J, Murray C J. Has the DOTS strategy improved case finding or treatment success? An empirical assessment. PLoS ONE 2008; 3: e1721.
4. Dye C, Lonnroth K, Jaramillo E, Williams B G, Raviglione M. Trends in tuberculosis incidence and their determinants in 134 countries. Bull World Health Organ 2009; 87: 683-691.
5. Lonnroth K, Castro K G, Chakaya J M, et al. Tuberculosis control and elimination 2010-50: cure, care, and social development. Lancet 2010; 375: 1814-1829.
6. Commission on Social Determinants of Health. A conceptual framework for action on the social determinants of health (draft). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2007. http://www.who.int/social-determinants/resources/ csdh- framework-action-05-07.pdf Accessed February 2011.
7. Adato M. Social protection: opportunity for Africa. International Food Policy Research Institute policy brief. Washington DC, USA: IFPRI, 2008.
8. Mohindra K S, Haddad S. Evaluating the unintended health consequences of poverty alleviation strategies: or what is the relevance of Mohammed Yunus to public health? Can J Public Health 2008; 99: 66-68.
9. Pronyk P M, Hargreaves J R, Morduch J. Microfinance programs and better health: prospects for sub-Saharan Africa. JAMA 2007; 298: 1925-1927. (Pubitemid 350005236)
10. Adato M, Bassett L. Social protection in the context of HIV and AIDS: the potential of cash transfers to protect children's education, health, and nutrition. AIDS Care 2009; 21 (Suppl 1): S60-S75.
11. Hargreaves J R, Boccia D, Evans C A, Adato M, Petticrew M, Porter J D. The social determinants of tuberculosis: from evidence to action. Am J Public Health 2011; 101: 654-662.
12. Food and Agricultural Organization. Rome declaration on world food security and World Food Summit plan of action. World Food Summit, 13-17 November, Rome, Italy. Rome, Italy: Food and Agricultural Organization, 1996.
13. Ogilvie D, Hamilton V, Egan M, Petticrew M. Systematic reviews of health effects of social interventions: 1. Finding the evidence: how far should you go? J Epidemiol Community Health 2005; 59: 804-808.
14. Arai L, Britten N, Popay J, et al. Testing methodological developments in the conduct of narrative synthesis: a demonstration review of research on the implementation of smoke alarm interventions. Evidence and Policy 2007; 3: 361-383.
15. Popay J, Roberts H, Sowden A, et al. Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis: final report. Swindon, UK: Economic and Social Research Council Methods Programme, 2006.
16. Goldberg N. Measuring the impact of microfinance: taking stock of what we know. Washington DC, USA: Grameen Foundation, 2005.
17. Thim S, Sath S, Sina M, et al. A community-based tuberculosis program in Cambodia. JAMA 2004; 292: 566-568.
18. Gilligan D O, Hoddinott J, Taffesse A S. An analysis of Ethiopia's productive safety net program and its linkages. Washington DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008.
19. Devereux S, Sabates-Wheeler R, Tefera M, Taye H. Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP). Trends in PSNP transfers within targeted households. Final report. Sussex, UK: Institute of Development Studies and Indak International, 2006.
20. Schüring E. Cashing in: how cash transfers shore up Zambian households affected by HIV. Berlin, Germany: German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), 2009.
21. Devereux S, Mthinda C, Power F, Sakala P, Suka A. An evaluation of Concern Worldwide's Dowa Emergency Cash Transfer project (DECT) in Malawi, 2006/07. Dublin, Ireland: Concern Worldwide, 2007.
22. Miller C, Tsoka M, Reichert K. Impact evaluation report. External evaluation of the Mchinjii Social Cash Transfer pilot. Washington DC USA: Centre for International Health and Development, 2008.
23. Thornton R L. Demand for and impact of learning HIV status. American Economic Review 2008; 98: 1829-1863.
24. Gertler P J, Boyce S. An experiment in incentive-based welfare: the impact of PROGRESA on health in Mexico. San Francisco, CA, USA: University of California, Berkeley, 2001.
25. Levy D, Ohls J. Evaluation of Jamaica's PATH program: final report. Washington DC, USA: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2007.
26. Powell-Jackson T, Dev Neupane B, Tiwari S, Morrison J, Costello A. Evaluation of the Safe Delivery Incentive Programme. Final report of the evaluation. Katmandu, Nepal: Support to the Safe Motherhood Programme, 2008.
27. Lim S S, Dandona L, Hoisington J A, et al. India's Janani Suraksha Yojana, a conditional cash transfer programme to increase births in health facilities: an impact evaluation. Lancet 2010; 375: 2009-2023.
28. Thornton R L. The demand for and impact of learning HIV status: evidence from a field experiment. Washington DC, USA: AIDSMark, 2006.
29. Maluccio J A, Flores R. Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program-the Nicaraguan Red de Proteccion Social. Washington DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005.
30. Hoddinott J, Skoufias E, Washburn R. The impact of PROGRESA on consumption: a final report. Washington DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000.
31. Morris S S, Flores R, Olinto P, Medina J M. Monetary incentives in primary health care and effects on use and coverage of preventive health care interventions in rural Honduras: cluster randomised trial. Lancet 2004; 364: 2030-2037. (Pubitemid 39593079)
32. Attanasio O, Mesnard A. The impact of conditional cash transfer programme on consumption in Colombia. London, UK: Institute for Fiscal Studies, Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policies, 2005.
33. Soaeres F V, Perez Ribas R, Osorio R G. Evaluating the impact of Brazil's Bolsa Familia cash transfer programmes in comparative perspective. Evaluation notes. Brasilia, Brazil: International Poverty Centre, United Nations Development Programme, 2007.
34. Ahmed A U, Quisumbing R, Hoddinott J F. Relative efficacy of food and cash transfers in improving food security and livelihoods of the ultra-poor in Bangladesh. Washington DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007.
35. Powell-Jackson T, Morrison J, Tiwari S, Neupane B D, Costello A M. The experiences of districts in implementing a national incentive programme to promote safe delivery in Nepal. BMC Health Serv Res 2009; 9: 97.
36. Schüring E, Boonstoppel E, Michelo S. Final evaluation report: Kalomo Social Cash Transfer Scheme. Lusaka, Zambia: Ministry of Community Development and Social Services and the German Technical Cooperation, 2007.
37. Tembo G, Freeland N. Impact of social cash transfers on household welfare, investment and education in Zambia. Wahenga brief number 17, February 2009. Johannesburg, South Africa: Wahenga, 2009.
38. Fiszbein A, Schady N. Conditional cash transfers. Reducing present and future poverty. Washington DC, USA: World Bank, 2009.
39. Rabbani M, Prakash V A, Sulaiman M. Impact assessment of CFPR/TUP: a descriptive analysis based on 2002-2005 panel data. CFPR/TUP Working Paper series no. 12. Dhaka, Bangladesh: BRAC, and the Aga Khan Foundation, Canada, 2006.
40. Halder S R. Poverty outreach and BRAC's microfinance interventions: program impact and sustainability. Dhaka, Bangladesh: BRAC, 2010. http://www.bracresearch.org/reports/ poverty-outreach-of-brac-mf-interventions- pdf.pdf Accessed February 2011.
41. Pronyk P M, Kim J C, Abramsky T, et al. A combined microfi nance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participants. AIDS 2008; 22: 1659-1665.
42. Pronyk P M, Hargreaves J R, Kim J C, et al. Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet 2006; 368: 1973-1983. (Pubitemid 44821362)
43. Haseen F. Change in food and nutrient consumption among the ultra poor: is the CFPR/TUP programme making a difference? CFPR/TUP Working Paper series no. 11. Dhaka, Bangladesh: BRAC, 2006.
44. Haseen F. Change in food and energy consumption among the ultra poor: is the poverty reduction programme making a difference? Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2007; 16 (Suppl 1): S58-S64.
45. Ahmed S M. Combining health and social protection measures to reach the ultra-poor: experiences of BRAC. In: Matlin S A, ed. Global Forum update on research for health, Volume 4. Equitable access: research challenges for health in developing countries. London, UK: Pro-Brook Publishing, 2007.
46. Halder S R, Mosley P. Working with the extra-poor: learning from BRAC experiences. J Int Dev 2004; 16: 387-406. (Pubitemid 38546599)
47. Hashemi S. Linking microfinance and safety net programs to include the poorest: the case of IGVGD in Bangladesh. Focus Note series 21. Washington DC, USA: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, 2001.
48. Mohindra K, Haddad S, Narayana D. Can microcredit help improve the health of poor women? Some findings from a crosssectional study in Kerala, India. Int J Equity Health 2008; 7: 2.
49. Maluccio J A. The impact of conditional cash transfers in N icaragua on consumption, productive investments and labor allocation. ESA Working Paper no. 07-11. Rome, Italy: Food and Agricultural Organization, 2007.
50. Ruel M T. Is dietary diversity an indicator of food security or dietary quality? A review of measurement issues and research needs. FCND Discussion Paper no. 140. Washington DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003.
51. Doocy S, Teferra S, Norell D, Burnham G. Credit program outcomes: coping capacity and nutritional status in the food insecure context of Ethiopia. Soc Sci Med 2005; 60: 2371-2382. (Pubitemid 40313380)
52. Attanasio O, Battistin E, Fitzsimons E, Mesnard A, Vera- Hernandez M. How effective are conditional cash transfers? Evidence from Colombia. Briefing Note no. 54. London, UK: Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2005.
53. Barber S L, Gertler P J. Empowering women to obtain high quality care: evidence from an evaluation of Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme. Health Policy Plan 2009; 24: 18-25.
54. Ahmed S M, Petzold M, Kabir Z N, Tomson G. Targeted intervention for the ultra poor in rural Bangladesh: does it make any difference in their health-seeking behaviour? Soc Sci Med 2006; 63: 2899-2911.
55. Ahmed S M, Adams A M, Chowdhury M, Bhuiya A. Changing health-seeking behaviour in Matlab, Bangladesh: do development interventions matter? Health Policy Plan 2003; 18: 306-315.
56. Fernald L C, Gertler P J, Hou X. Cash component of conditional cash transfer program is associated with higher body mass index and blood pressure in adults. J Nutr 2008; 138: 2250-2257.
57. Ahmed S M, Rana Masud A K M. Customized development interventions for the ultra poor: preliminary changes assessment of health and health seeking behaviour (CFPR/TUP 2002 to 2004). CFPR/TUP Working Paper series no. 7. Dhaka, Bangladesh: BRAC, 2005.
58. Harpham T, Burton S, Blue I. Healthy city projects in developing countries: the first evaluation. Health Promot Int 2001; 16: 111-125. (Pubitemid 32578533)
59. Cegielski J P, McMurray D N. The relationship between malnutrition and tuberculosis: evidence from studies in humans and experimental animals. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004; 8: 286-298. (Pubitemid 38624865)
60. Bond V, Chileche M, Sullivan C, Magazi B. The converging impact of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and food insecurity in Zambia and South Africa. Final working report, February 2009. Johannesburg, South Africa: Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Livelihoods, and Food Security (RENEWAL), 2009. http://programs. ifpri.org/renewal/pdf/ZambiaSAFinalReport.pdf Accessed February 2011.
61. MkNelly B, Dunford C. Are credit and savings services effective against hunger and malnutriution? Research paper no. 1. Davis, CA, USA: Freedom from hunger, 1996.
62. Hoddinott J, Skoufias E. The impact of PROGRESA on food consumption. Economic Development and Cultural Change 2004; 53: 37-61. (Pubitemid 40133663)
63. Hargreaves J, Hatcher A, Strange V, et al. Process evaluation of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) in rural South Africa. Health Educ Res 2009; 25: 27-40.
64. Datta D, Njuguna J. Microcredit for people affected by HIV and AIDS: insights from Kenya. SAHARA J 2008; 5: 94-102.
65. Kim J, MacPherson E, Pronyk P, Barnett T, Watts C. Global review of good practices on the intersections between HIV/ AIDS and economic empowerment. Final report (draft). New York, NY, USA: Ford Foundation, 2009. http:// genderviolence. lshtm.ac.uk/files/FF-Final-Report-Addressing-Intersections- Between-Economic-Empowerment-and-AIDS.pdf Accessed February 2011.
66. Adato M, Bassett L. What is the potential of cash transfer to strengthen families affected by HIV and AIDS? Review of the evidence on impacts and key policy debates. IFPRI policy brief. Washington DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008.
67. Consultative Group to Assist the Poor. No. 14 Donor Brief: helping to improve donor effectiveness in microfinance. Washington DC, USA: CGAP, 2003.
68. de Janvry A, Sadoulet E. When to use a CCT versus a CT approach? Conference paper. Third International Conference on Conditional Transfers, Turkey, Istanbul, July 26-30, 2006. Berkley, CA, USA: University of California and The World Bank's Development Research Group, 2006.
69. Schubert B, Slater R. Social cash transfers in low income African countries: conditional or unconditional? Development Policy Review 2006; 24: 571-578.