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Microfinance Institutions as a Platform for Global Health

NCT ID: NCT02808117

Last Updated: 2016-11-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

526 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-05-31

Study Completion Date

2016-11-30

Brief Summary

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This study will analyze data from a program run by an microfinance institution (MFI) in Haiti from 2011-2012 where the MFI delivered health goods to some of the villages where it operates. By comparing health indicators among children who were in villages targeted by the program initially to children who were in villages that were not targeted by the program until later, the investigators hope to understand if the MFI successfully delivered the intervention and offer a practical platform for delivery of basic health goods.

Detailed Description

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Two-thirds of child deaths could be prevented with increased coverage of existing health products and services; however, effectively delivering health products and services to rural populations in low-income countries remains a practical challenge. This study investigates whether microfinance institutions (MFIs), having invested in community-based infrastructure to deliver financial services to 200 million rural poor households globally, offer a practical platform for delivery of basic health goods.

The investigators intend to analyze data from a pilot program implemented by an MFI in Haiti during 2011-2012 that distributed an evidence-based health good, micronutrient powders (MNPs), to 526 children in 34 villages where the MFI operates. Micronutrient deficiency is estimated to be responsible for over 1 million deaths of children under five per year. MNPs are one form of micronutrient supplementation proven to effectively combat micronutrient deficiency.

Published cost estimates indicate that leveraging existing supply chains could cut the total cost of mass MNP delivery by 25%. Given MFIs reach 200 million households globally, MFI-based delivery of health goods may be a promising route to improving health outcomes efficiently.

Conditions

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Malnutrition Anemia

Keywords

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microfinance institution MFI

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Targeted initially

Children who were in the Haiti villages and targeted by the MFI program with MNP delivery initially.

MNP

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Program that delivered MNP and implemented by an MFI in Haiti during 2011-2012.

One form of micronutrient supplementation proven to effectively combat micronutrient deficiency.

Targeted later

Children who were in the Haiti villages and not targeted by the MFI program with MNP delivery until later.

MNP

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Program that delivered MNP and implemented by an MFI in Haiti during 2011-2012.

One form of micronutrient supplementation proven to effectively combat micronutrient deficiency.

Interventions

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MNP

Program that delivered MNP and implemented by an MFI in Haiti during 2011-2012.

One form of micronutrient supplementation proven to effectively combat micronutrient deficiency.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Other Intervention Names

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Micronutrient powders Sprinkles

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Lives in a household where the head of household was an microfinance client.

Exclusion Criteria

* Severely anemic (Hgb \< 70 g/L)
* Severely malnourished (Mid Upper Arm Circumference \< 110 mm)
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

54 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Columbia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Aaron Isaac Baum

Co-Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Aaron I Baum, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Columbia University

Locations

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Columbia University

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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AAAP7004

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id