Really interesting—thank you for sharing, can you please clarify how you find the families (and how the cost of this is factored into the thinking)?
As another commenter noted, I would be really interested in learning more about your perspective on ‘just’ using the money for treatment vs. a transfer.
Is a large proportion of the envisioned benefit coming from treating patients? If so, is there a risk with a direct cash transfer (vs. paying for treatment) that the monies are not used in the way you envision? I would be interested in learning more about how you dealt with this uncertainty
Hi, the project is still very small, we found a charity that was already doing this and had identified the family, possibly because they were known to be in dire situation (begging) in their community. Other families have been identified through community mechanisms after.
In the future, we can work with health centers to reach to those who are accessing treatment with their consent, even if they are accessing intermittently. Targeting should not be expensive.
We generally don’t see a problem with giving the cash and there would be additional complexity if we have to oversee the treatment process, but your concern is reasonable.
Really interesting—thank you for sharing, can you please clarify how you find the families (and how the cost of this is factored into the thinking)?
As another commenter noted, I would be really interested in learning more about your perspective on ‘just’ using the money for treatment vs. a transfer.
Is a large proportion of the envisioned benefit coming from treating patients? If so, is there a risk with a direct cash transfer (vs. paying for treatment) that the monies are not used in the way you envision? I would be interested in learning more about how you dealt with this uncertainty
Thanks in advance for sharing this exciting idea.
Hi, the project is still very small, we found a charity that was already doing this and had identified the family, possibly because they were known to be in dire situation (begging) in their community. Other families have been identified through community mechanisms after.
In the future, we can work with health centers to reach to those who are accessing treatment with their consent, even if they are accessing intermittently. Targeting should not be expensive.
We generally don’t see a problem with giving the cash and there would be additional complexity if we have to oversee the treatment process, but your concern is reasonable.
I hope this is useful