Objective Antenatal care (ANC) is crucial to protecting the health of pregnant women and
their unborn children; however, the uptake of ANC among pregnant women in low and …

Objectives Early and adequate antenatal care (ANC) has been shown to reduce maternal
morbidity and mortality globally. Increasing evidence suggests that women's economic …

Background Maternal mortality is high in Loreto, Peru, but can be reduced by high quality
antenatal care. Indicators for the quality of antenatal care received include the timing (with …

Based on a triple difference estimation, this paper shows that the impact of a universal cash
transfer on child nutrition differs by household wealth. In 2011, Odisha state in India …

Background National and subnational characterization of birthweight profiles lacks in low-
and middle-income countries, yet these are needed for monitoring the progress of national …

Aiming to increase the coverage and quality of health care services, many health systems
are shifting their health financing strategy away from exclusively low-powered incentives …

This paper examines the effects of the Safe Delivery Incentive Program in Nepal, a cash
transfer program that reduced the costs of childbirth in healthcare facilities. Women giving …

We study potential non‐targeted effects of a large‐scale national conditional cash transfer
program—Peru's Juntos—on the fertility and reproductive decisions of adult beneficiaries …

Conditional cash transfer programs have become instrumental in encouraging the use of
formal health services in developing countries, but little is known about their effect on the …

abstract Background: Estimates of the burden of cardio-metabolic risk factors in Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC) rely on relative risks (RRs) from non-LAC countries …