Conditional and Unconditional Social Transfers, Early-Life Nutrition, and Child Growth: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Rates of exclusive breastfeeding are declining despite the numerous benefits to mothers and their children.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of conditional and unconditional social transfers on exclusive breastfeeding rates and child growth.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This is a prospective, parallel, 3-armed randomized clinical trial conducted between August 2022 and October 2023.

Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) Intervention in Lao People's Democratic Republic: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Children in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) receive suboptimal nutrition because of low breastfeeding rates, undermining their developmental potential. While major public health campaigns have attempted to increase breastfeeding rates, they have been largely unsuccessful. One explanation for these unsuccessful interventions is the economic and financial constraints faced by mothers.