Improving Nutrition in Haiti
2019
This case study examines the costs and benefits of a package of interventions targeting pregnant women and children to improve nutrition outcomes in Haiti. These interventions are expected to reduce child stunting, low birthweights, and maternal anemia, as well as deaths to infants and mothers and childhood illnesses. The paper tests the effects of various methodological choices on the valuation of avoided mortality, avoided non-fatal health risks and lifetime productivity, and finds that the benefits are substantially in excess of the costs.
Source:
Wong B, Radin M. Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Package of Early Childhood Interventions to Improve Nutrition in Haiti. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 2019; 10 (S1): 154-184. https://doi.org/10.1017/bca.2019.1