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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/users/bicmay/statuses/115058473750195047">Bich Nguyen :verified: (bicmay@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Aug-2025 11:16:35 JST</a><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay" title="bicmay@med-mastodon.com"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/114584-48-20250729062811.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Bich Nguyen :verified:" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Bich Nguyen :verified:</a></section><article><p>"Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who got no cash, according to a report published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cash cut mortality in children under 5 by about 45%, the study researchers found, on par with interventions like vaccines and anti-malarials."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya" rel="nofollow">https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya</a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/GlobalHealth" rel="tag">#GlobalHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/money" rel="tag">#money</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/finances" rel="tag">#finances</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/income" rel="tag">#income</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ChildrensHealth" rel="tag">#ChildrensHealth</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ChildMortality" rel="tag">#ChildMortality</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SDOH" rel="tag">#SDOH</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/5517213#notice-10832637">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-08-20T11:16:35+09:00" title="Wednesday, 20-Aug-2025 11:16:35 JST">about 9 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/115058473750195047" rel="external" title="Sent from med-mastodon.com via ActivityPub">med-mastodon.com</a></span></span><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/115058473750195047">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: npr.brightspotcdn.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya#PublicHealth">Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medical</a></h5><div></div></header><div>To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Bich Nguyen :verified: (bicmay@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Aug-2025 11:16:35 JST Bich Nguyen :verified:
"Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who got no cash, according to a report published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cash cut mortality in children under 5 by about 45%, the study researchers found, on par with interventions like vaccines and anti-malarials."
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya
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  Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medical
  To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.