ganda Newborn Survival Study: improving newborn health and survival through a community based intervention linked to health facilities

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Maternal and newborn health; Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN50321130
• Lead Sponsor: Save the Children (USA)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02-17
• Last Update Posted: 27 February 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 70000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women of childbearing age
2. Pregnant women
3. Newly delivered women
4. Neonates and infants

Exclusion Criteria

Refusal to consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. In ANC: <br>1.1. % of pregnant women attending ANC two, four or more times<br>1.2. % of pregnant women who know at least two danger signs of pregnancy <br>1.3. % of pregnant women who prepare for birth<br><br>2. In the intrapartum period:<br>2.1. % of pregnant women who have a skilled attendant at delivery<br>2.2. % of women who went to the HC in an emergency<br><br>3. In the post-natal period:<br>3.1. % of babies who are initiated on breastfeeding in the first 6 hours of birth<br>3.2. % of babies who are exclusively breastfed during the neonatal period<br>3.3. % of babies whose first bath was delayed for 6 and 24 hours<br>3.4. % of mothers who put nothing on the cord<br>3.5. % of mothers who know at least 3 neonatal danger signs <br>3.6. % women whose children were managed in skin to skin contact after delivery.<br>3.7. Effectiveness of sepsis management (special studies to determine: maternal and CHW knowledge, compliance and timing of referral, and adequacy of treatment following referral)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Neonatal mortality<br>2. Perinatal mortality