Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria for clusters

• Similar nutrition interventions currently being implemented by either government or non-government agencies in the selected cluster  • The cluster is too hard to reach  • The cluster includes tea gardens. Communities in tea gardens comprise of unique ethnicity, culture and lifestyle for which our intervention is not customized.

Inclusion criteria for participants

• All newly identified pregnant women aged 15 to 49 years  • Gestational age ≤ 125 days  • Permanent residents of the study area.

Exclusion criteria for participants

• Woman could not recall last menstrual period (LMP).  • Woman not a permanent resident of the study area