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Transition for young adults with special health care needs: Recommendations of the committee on NANEAS of pediatric Chilean society
(2011)
Medicine in the world has changed, and Chile hasn't been left out of this reality. Advances in therapies for chronic diseases, neonatal intensive care, and critical care, have made children survive and improve infant ...
Cash transfer and microfinance interventions for tuberculosis control: Review of the impact evidence and policy implications
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2011)
Objective: To quantify the impact of cash transfer and microfinance interventions on a selected list of tuberculosis (TB) risk factors and assess their potential role in supporting TB control. DATA SOURCE: Published and ...
Impacts of Bolsa Família Program on infant health
(2018-03-26)
The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate the impacts of the introduction of a cash transfer for pregnant women in the design of the Bolsa Família Program (BFP) on infant health. In particular, I focus on the effects ...
Promoting prenatal health care in poor rural areas through conditional cash transfers : evidence from JUNTOS in Peru
(GRADE, 2017-01)
The researchers assess the effects of JUNTOS, a conditional cash transfer program targeted to poor rural households in Peru, on the utilization of prenatal health care by women exposed to the program during their most ...
Towards cash transfer interventions for tuberculosis prevention, care and control: key operational challenges and research priorities
(BioMed Central, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Cash transfer interventions are forms of social protection based on the provision of cash to vulnerable households with the aim of reduce risk, vulnerability, chronic poverty and improve human capital. Such ...
Can Small Incentives Have Large Payoffs? Health Impacts of a Cash Transfer Program in Bolivia
(UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2021)
We study the effects of a conditional cash transfer for health care utilization, equivalent to 1% of monthly household consumption, on child survival in Bolivia. Using census data and an instrument for program take-up, we ...