pratyushag2's comments

Good question. Clinics are more hygienic (reducing the chance of blood transmission during birth), provide ARVs pre-birth (reduces HIV viral count), and give Nevirapine at birth (giving this to newborns immediately after birth is the biggest individual step that can reduce transmission).

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Thanks Jayme!

Svetha (CEO & co-founder) came across conditional cash transfers (CCTs) while doing research in effective ways of giving AID in developing countries. CCTs have seen incredible success in Mexico, Brazil, and several other countries.

The current idea was a pivot after trying to fund CCTs through partners in various countries. The focus was to save lives through CCTs. Infant mortality is a big problem and Nigeria accounts for one out of three children born with HIV. That's how the org started doing CCTs for reducing HIV transmission and has now expanded beyond HIV transmission.

The main problem is not that they cannot afford to have the baby but that they are not delivering it safely at the health clinics. Instead, they are delivering it with traditional birth attendants. This is especially a problem because it can increase the chances of the baby being born diseases like HIV, which has a 50% chance of leading to death within the first two years. The cost of a baby being born with HIV runs into many thousands of dollars.

Also, infant mortality has a strong correlation with the fertility rate, so trying to increase the probability of survival of babies can help reduce the number of babies being born (which addresses the problem you mentioned).

Hi HN, I'm a Co-founder at New Incentives. Happy to answer any questions. -Prat

New Incentives does conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in West Africa. CCTs have a lot of research behind them as the parent comment noted.

GD's one-time, large transfers help achieve concrete benefits. Super excited to see the basic income experiment in East Africa evolve.

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