Kishwar Azad, Sarah Barnett, B Banerjee, Sanjit Kumer Shaha et al.
Background Two recent trials have shown that women's groups can reduce neonatal mortality in poor communities. We assessed the effectiveness of a scaled-up development programme with women's groups to address maternal and neonatal care in three rural districts of Bangladesh. Methods 18 clusters (wit...
Christina Pagel, Audrey Prost, Sonia Lewycka, Sushmita Das et al.
BACKGROUND: Public health interventions are increasingly evaluated using cluster-randomised trials in which groups rather than individuals are allocated randomly to treatment and control arms. Outcomes for individuals within the same cluster are often more correlated than outcomes for individuals in...
Christina Pagel, Audrey Prost, Munir Hossen, Kishwar Azad et al.
BACKGROUND: Provision of essential newborn care (ENC) can save many newborn lives in poor resource settings but coverage is far from universal and varies by country and place of delivery. Understanding gaps in current coverage and where coverage is good, in different contexts and places of delivery,...
Sonya Crowe, Audrey Prost, Munir Hossen, Kishwar Azad et al.
BACKGROUND: Delivery of essential newborn care is key to reducing neonatal mortality rates, yet coverage of protective birth practices remains incomplete and variable, with or without skilled attendance. Evidence of changes over time in newborn care provision, disaggregated by care practice and deli...