Table 1.

List of interventions in the three arms

Intervention	Shishu Rakshak	Anganwadi worker	Control
Pregnancy surveillance every 2 months	+	+	–
Three antenatal home visits for health education	+	+	–
Presence at delivery	+	+	–
Care at birth	+	+	As per programme
Postnatal home visits, identification of high risk and sick neonates	+	+	–
Management of hypothermia, feeding, umbilical and skin infection, eye care	+	+	–
Cotrimoxazole and IM injections for probable sepsis	+	–	–
Training of MOs/PPs	+	+	–
Training of TBAs	+	+	–
Awareness of community leaders	+	+	–
Group health education and community mobilisation	+	+	–

IM, intramuscular; MO, medical officer; PP, private practitioners; TBAs, traditional birth attendants.