Authors: Mohamed Jelle , Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod , Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli , Sarah King , Cassy L. Cox, Jolene Skordis-Worrall , Joanna Morrison , Timothy Colbourn , Edward Fottrell and Andrew J. Seal.
Abstract Background: The prevalence of acute malnutrition is often high in emergency-affected populations and is associated with elevated mortality risk and long-term health consequences. Increasingly, cash transfer programmes (CTP) are used instead of direct food aid as a nutritional intervention, but there is sparse evidence on their nutritional impact. We aim to understand whether CTP reduces acute malnutrition and its known risk factors.