The preliminary endline results did not find any effect of DMI's program on child mortality, and it found substantially less effect on behavior change than was found at midline. In November 2015, DMI privately shared preliminary RCT endline results with us. In June 2015, DMI told us that it no longer expected to find a statistically significant effect on child mortality at endline because overall child mortality declined extremely rapidly in Burkina Faso over the course of the RCT, making it more difficult to distinguish the effect of DMI’s program. At midline, DMI found some positive effects on key self-reported health behaviors that suggested DMI’s program may cause a substantial reduction in child mortality.
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( More)ĭoes it work? From 2011 to 2015, DMI conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of its program in Burkina Faso to measure impact on behavior change and child mortality. The program aims to reduce mortality among children less than five years old. What do they do? Development Media International (DMI, ) produces radio and television programming in developing countries that encourage people to adopt improved health practices, such as exclusive breastfeeding of infants and seeking treatment for symptoms associated with fatal diseases. In addition, DMI shared the following documents with us in 2016: Since publishing this review, we have published notes from conversations with DMI in October 2020, July 2020, April 2020, March 2020 ( here and here), January 2020, May 2019, June 2018, October 2017, October 2016, and March 2016. We cannot publicly discuss the details of the endline results we have seen, because they are not yet finalised and because the finalised results will be embargoed prior to publication, but we have informally incorporated the results into our view of DMI's program effectiveness.ĭMI believes that there were serious problems with endline data collection (note that we have not yet tried to independently assess this claim).ĭMI has subsequently shared results with us that showed, based on health facility data (collected separately from the endline survey), an increase in facility visits in the treatment group during the intervention.ĭMI is a standout giving opportunity because of its strong transparency, rigorous self-evaluation, and its work on a potentially cost-effective program. The preliminary endline results did not find any effect of DMI's program on child mortality (it was powered to detect a reduction of 15% or more), and it found substantially less effect on behavior change than was found at midline.
We have placed notes throughout the review as a reminder that the current content on this page does not necessarily reflect our up-to-date view. The large majority of this page was written before DMI sent us the preliminary endline results, and thus reflects our view of DMI prior to incorporating the endline results. In November 2015, Development Media International (DMI) privately shared preliminary endline results from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of its program with us.
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