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Which food aid program works best? huge study in ethiopia aims to find out

NCT ID NCT05825716

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at over 3,300 households in Ethiopia to see which combination of food and nutrition programs works best. Families received different types of support, like savings groups, nutrition classes, or farming help. Researchers measured changes in food security, diet quality, and child growth to find the most effective approach.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

3,317 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

May 2023

Finished

Jul 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

The overall goal of the Ifaa Project is to improve food security of vulnerable households in targeted PSNP communities, contributing to a sustained reduction in rural poverty. To achieve this goal, Ifaa will provide additional multi-sectoral interventions to benefit further 60,000 PSNP households in the Oromia region, which is Ethiopia's largest, most populous region and also one of its poorest. The study population is PSNP beneficiaries that are participating in the Ifaa Project.

Ages

15 to 45 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Households are PSNP clients * Households are Ifaa Project beneficiaries that are planned participants in: 1) Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) groups (Ifaa Basic); 2) SILC Groups AND Care Groups (Ifaa and Enhanced); or 3) SILC groups AND Care Groups AND a Livelihoods Pathway. * Households have a pregnant woman OR at least one child \<36 months of age * Households have an adult member that is capable of giving informed consent and completing an interview Exclusion Criteria: * Child-headed households (all members age 17yrs or less) * Individuals not mentally able to give informed consent and complete an interview

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

nutritional deficiency disease protein-energy malnutrition

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Nutritional stunting Nutritional wasting

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Seifu Tadesse

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia