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. 2023 Dec 6;3(12):e0002439. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002439

Table 2. Cash Transfer UHC+ intervention description.

Eligibility: Cash transfer details:
Clinical eligibility criteria (all needed to apply):
    • Bacteriologically-confirmed, pulmonary TB
    • New or relapse case of TB
    • 18 years+
    • Living in one of the four implementation districts
    • Obtaining treatment at a DTU in an implementation district
Socio-economic eligibility (any one needed to apply):
    • Residing in a household officially declared a ‘poor household’
    • Not enrolled in SHI at TB treatment initiation
    • Unemployed at TB treatment initiation
Employed in the informal sector without labor protections
CT value: 500,000 VND (~21.50 USD) for 6 months
Payment frequency: Monthly
• UCT- Every 30 days after study enrollment
• CCT- To be provided after meeting conditions at DTU
Mode of payment: Cash
Location of payment:
• UCT at the beneficiary’s home, or other convenient location
• CCT at the DTU
Conditions to receive CCT:
• Attend monthly appointment at DTU
• Bring pill pack showing 85% of medication had been taken over the last month

CCT–Conditional cash transfers; CT–Cash transfers; DTU—District TB Unit; SHI—Social health insurance; TB–Tuberculosis; UCT—Unconditional cash transfers; UHC–Universal Health Care.