Cash for breastfeeding: a new way to boost baby health?
NCT ID NCT07569172
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study in Côte d'Ivoire tests whether giving mothers a cash reward for breastfeeding until their child is 24 months old increases breastfeeding rates and improves child and maternal health. About 1,040 mothers will either receive the cash incentive or just educational materials. Researchers will track breastfeeding duration, child growth, infections, and maternal well-being.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,040 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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12 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Are enrolled in the Taabo multigenerational birth cohort (MGC) 2. Completed the postpartum interview of the Taabo MGC 3. Have a child who is within two weeks of their 12-month birthday, 4. are breastfeeding at time of recruitment, 5. live in the Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire 6. have no illnesses that contraindicates breastfeeding, 7. had a healthy singleton infant with a birth weight of at least 2500 grams, and 8. agree to participate and sign an informed consent; if underage (12-17 years), a legal representative will also have to agree to sign the informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Plans to move permanently outside study area 2. Has a medical, intellectual or psychological disability 3. Contraindication for breastfeeding 4. Children born with \< 2500 grams
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Conditions
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Locations
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Taabo Health and Demographic Surveillance
Taabo, Côte d’Ivoire
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