The impact of a cash transfer programme on tuberculosis treatment success rate: a quasi-experimental study in Brazil

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Authors

Daniel J. Carter · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Rhian Daniel · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Ana Torrens · Universidade de Brasília

Mauro Niskier Sanchez · Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Brasília

Ethel Leonor Nóia Maciel · Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Patrícia Bartholomay · Ministério da Saúde

Draurio C N Barreira

Abstract

This study further confirms a positive relationship between the provision of conditional cash transfers and TB treatment success rate. Further research is needed to understand how to enhance access to social protection so to optimise public health impact.

Topics & Keywords

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Child Nutrition and Water Access Global Maternal and Child Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ Global Health

Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. e001029-e001029

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001029

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