Efficacy of newborn vitamin A supplementation in improving child survival in rural Ghana

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: eonatal mortality; Neonatal mortality; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Complications of newborn

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000582055
• Lead Sponsor: World Health Organization

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-07-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32000

Inclusion Criteria

All births in the study area that are contacted by the study team on the day of birth or in the next 2 days will be eligible for inclusion in this study.

Both singleton and multiple births are eligible for inclusion in this study and each infant will be provided with their own unique study identification number

Infants will be included even if they were not identified during pregnancy surveillance

Exclusion Criteria

Babies will be excluded if any of the following criteria are met:
-Unable to feed on offering feeds, as reported by the mother
-Mother does not intend to stay in the study area for at least 6 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All cause early infant mortality (0-5 months) assessed by home visits to all study families and the administration of a questionnaire[At 6 months of age];All cause neonatal mortality (0-1 month) assessed by home visits to all study families and the administration of a questionnaire[1 month of age]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All cause hospitalisations assessed by home visits to all study families and the administration of a questionnaire[At 6 months of age.];All cause infant mortality (0-11 months) assessed by home visits to all study families and the administration of a questionnaire[at 12 months of age.]