Shrestha 2011.
Trial name or title |
MIRA Dhanusha: Community interventions to reduce child mortality in Dhanusha, Nepal. Trial Registration: ISRCTN87820538. |
Methods | Cluster‐randomised trial. |
Participants | Pregnant women and infants up to 1 year of age. |
Interventions |
Arm 1: women's groups, female community health volunteers trained to care for vulnerable infants. Arm 2: standard care. |
Outcomes |
Primary outcome: neonatal mortality. Secondary outcome: MIRA Dhanusha community group: stillbirth, infant and under‐2 mortality rates, care practices and healthcare‐seeking behaviour, maternal diet, breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices, maternal and under‐2 anthropometric status. MIRA Dhanusha sepsis management: identification and treatment of neonatal sepsis by community health volunteers, infection‐specific neonatal mortality. |
Starting date | Jan 2008‐Jan 2010. |
Contact information | Naomi Saville: n.saville@ich.ucl.ac.uk |
Notes | Funding: UBS Optimus Foundation (Switzerland). This trial has finished, but we have not located published data. |