Microfinance Institutions as a Platform for Global Health

Completed

Conditions studied: Malnutrition, Anemia

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02808117

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

526

Starts

2015-05-01

Expected to finish

2016-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-30

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

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

You may not qualify if…

• Severely anemic (Hgb < 70 g/L)
• Severely malnourished (Mid Upper Arm Circumference < 110 mm)

Where it is running

• Columbia University — New York, New York, United States

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