The objective of the Mam’Out project is to measure the impact of seasonal inconditional monetary transfers on food security and the prevention of acute malnutrition in young children. This study was performed in the province of Tapao (Burkina Faso) by a consortium bringing together Action contre la faim, Universiteit Gent (Belgium), AgroParisTech (France) and the Institut de recherche en sciences de la santé (Burkina Faso). This study showed that the money transferred was mostly used to buy food and to pay for household healthcare, and that the nutritional quality of the food consumed by the children benefiting from this programme was higher than that consumed by the controls. The children benefiting from this programme ate more foods of animal origin and had higher intakes of lipids and vitamin B12. The findings of this study were communicated to NGOs, governments and international organisations.
For more information
Audrey Tonguet-Papucci, Freddy Houngbe, Palamanga Lompo, Wambi Maurice Evariste Yameogo, Jean-François Huneau, Myriam Ait Aissa, Patrick Kolsteren (2017). Beneficiaries’ perception and declared use of unconditional
cash transfers aiming at preventing children’s acute malnutrition in poor rural communities in Burkina Faso : qualitative data from the Mam’Out randomized control trial. BMC Public Health, 17(1) : 527.
DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4453-y
Open access version on HAL-AgroParisTech
And also : https://bit.ly/2Ir7l5V
Website : www.actioncontrelafaim.org/projet-mamout/
