Cash and coaching: a recipe to fight malnutrition?

NCT ID NCT06642012

Completed Prevention Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This completed trial in Somalia tested whether giving families cash transfers, with or without extra nutrition education and additional cash, could prevent malnutrition in children and mothers. Over 3,300 families received monthly mobile cash for 6 months. Researchers measured wasting and stunting rates to see which approach worked best.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: cash transfers and social behavior change communication
What this could lead to: If successful, this approach could show that combining cash assistance with nutrition education helps prevent malnutrition in vulnerable families.
What could go wrong: This is a completed study, but results may not apply to other regions or populations. The interventions were short-term (6 months), so long-term benefits are uncertain.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Cachexia Child Nutrition Disorders chronic wasting disease hereditary endocrine growth disease Malnutrition Wasting Syndrome nutritional deficiency disease prevention target

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION, CHILD MALNUTRITION, MOTHER STUNTING WASTING DISEASE

Contacts and locations

Locations

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
Save the Children Somalia Office

Mogadishu, Somalia

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