The role of unconditional cash transfers during a nutritional emergency in Maradi region, Niger: A pre-post intervention observational study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 343-351

  Fenn, Bridget ^a   Noura, Garba ^b   Sibson, Victoria ^c   Dolan, Carmel ^d   Shoham, Jeremy ^d  

^a Le Rocher   (France)

^b ENN Consultant   (Niger)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d Emergency Nutrition Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cash transfers; Emergency response; Niger; Nutrition emergency; Pre post intervention study

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84927693252     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014000378     Document Type: Article

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