Shabina Ariff, Uswa Jiwani, Arjumand Rizvi, Sajid Muhammad, Amjad Hussain, Imran Ahmed, Masawar Hussain, Muhammad Usman, Junaid Iqbal, Zahid Memon, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Zulfiqar A Bhutta
IMPORTANCE: In resource-constrained settings where the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) is high due to preventable causes and health systems are underused, community-based interventions can increase newborn survival by improving health care practices. OBJECTIVES: To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based maternal and newborn care services package to reduce perinatal and neonatal mortality in rural Pakistan. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cluster randomized clinical trial was conducted between November 1, 2012, and December 31, 2013, in district Rahim Yar Khan in the province of Punjab...
February 5, 2024: JAMA Network Open