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|<br>JananiSurakshaYojana, India, 2005 <br>- ongoing|<br> |In-facilitydelivery (also healthworkers<br>incentivizedtoensure 3 ante-natal carevisits;<br>attended orin-facilitydelivery; onepostnatal<br>— <br>check up; childimmunization; promoting<br>breastfeeding). Beforethat,therewasthe<br>National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS}<br>(2001-5)for nutritionalsupport<br>forpregnant<br>women. Itgave a one-time cash paymentper<br>pregnancyofRs. 500 tobelow-poverty<br>line (BPL}<br>pregnant women, 19years ofage or<sup>older, for</sup><br>uptotwo pregnancies that resulted in live<br>births,|Households belowpoverty line, or ofscheduled(low) <br>cast ortribe +entire population in 10highfocus states<br> with lowest in-facility births: UttarPradesh,<br>Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh,<br>Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Orissa, andJammu and<br>Kashmir||For<sup>first</sup><br>two live births, after delivery in agovernment<br>Joraccredited private health facility, eligiblewomen<br><br>would receive 600Indian rupees (US$13-3) in urban<br>areasand700rupees (515-6) in rural areas.The cash<br>|incentive is higher inthe 10low in-facility birth states:<br>1000 rupees ($22-2) inurban areas and 1400rupees<br>($31-1) in rural areas.Also,500($11) rupeesforhome<br>delivery<br>for women belowpoverty line. In case ofCS,<br>thewoman receives1,500 rupees. ASHAs (accredited<br>social health activists) also paid 200rupees (54-4) in<br>urban areas and 600rupees ($13-3) in rural areas perin-<br>facility delivery assisted bythem in high-focus states.<br>No payments tofacility staff.There aresome variations<br>in implementation across states, however. Initially<br>the<br>scheme wasfocussed on the public sectorbutprivate<br>facilities beingincluded. Paid up to 1,500rupees per<br>delivery.||Lim et al. 2010; Dagur<br>jet al 2010;V Paul2010<br>|
|2\Safe DeliveryIncentive Program, [<br>Nepal, 2005-ongoing|In facilitydelivery .(Alsohas P4P elements and<br>since 2009free deliverycare has beenadded) —_|[Universal entitlement, butamountsvaryaccordingto<br> ecological zones(higher<br>formountains and hillsthan<br>lowland areas).Women inthe low-HDI districts<br>received free deliveries originally-this isnow<br>extendedto all. Originallyrestrictedtowomenwith —_<br>fewthantwo living children oran obstetric<br>complication (as diagnosed by the health provider) but <br>this restriction now lifted|Conditional cashtransfers,on delivery, inpublic<br>—_/facilities originallybutnowextendedtosome private<br>and private not-for-profitfacilities.500NRS ($7)paidto <br>women in plains districts; 1,000NRS ($14) in hill<br>|districts; 1,500NRS ($21) inmountain districts. Part of<br>wider Safe Motherhood Programme, with supply-side<br> jinvestments|Hanson&Powell-<br>Jackson 2010<br> |(Ensoret al 2009for<br>funding}|
|3)Conditional In-kind transfers,<br>Rwanda, 2010|in-kind benefits linkedtoANCinfirst4months<br>ofpregnancy, institutional delivery, andPNCin<br>first7days bymother-child pairs||Piloted in2010in 30sectors -oneperdistrictofthe | <br>|country||Oncompletion ofeach stage,themotherreceivesa<br>package includinga bar ofsoap, water purification<br>products, and a choice ofumbrella, adult clothing, ora<br>well-babypackage|/Ngabo &Humuza2010<br>(newsbrief)-<br>)www.rbfhealth.org|