Previous studies have shown that a small incentive can have a large impact on health behaviors like vaccinating children. New Incentives, an international non-governmental organization (NGO), aims to boost demand for immunization by offering cash incentives to caregivers who have their child vaccinated at a program clinic. In collaboration with New Incentives, IDinsight is conducting a study to see whether this approach will increase immunization in North West Nigeria. This study aims to investigate whether giving cash to caregivers in North West Nigeria who bring their infants to receive vaccination against common infections (tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, Haemophilus influenzae Type B (Hib), pneumococcal bacteria, measles, rotavirus, polio, yellow fever) increases the proportion of children who are immunized. The study's main hypothesis is that New Incentives' program will increase the percentage of children immunized with BCG, any PENTA, or Measles 1 by an average increase of at least 7-percentage points across all program clinics that share a similar profile to the clinics New Incentives will operate in at scale. The study is taking place in Jigawa, Katsina, and Zamfara States between August 2017 and January 2020.
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The probability that a 12- to 16-month-old in a community served by a study clinic received BCG (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history)
Timeframe: 12 to 16 months after birth
The probability that a 12- to 16-month-old in a community served by a study clinic received at least one dose of PENTA (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history)
Timeframe: 12 to 16 months after birth
The probability that a 12- to 16-month-old in a community served by a study clinic received Measles 1 (based on caregivers' report of their child's vaccination history)
Timeframe: 12 to 16 months after birth