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Community interventions to reduce child mortality in Dhanusha, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trialBhim P Shrestha
Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA, GPO Box 921, Kathmandu, Nepal
Trials 12:136. 2011..MIRA Dhanusha sepsis management: identification and treatment of neonatal sepsis by community health volunteers, infection-specific neonatal mortality...- Effects of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on children's weight and size at 2 years of age in Nepal: follow-up of a double-blind randomised controlled trialAnjana Vaidya
Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA, Kathmandu, Nepal
Lancet 371:492-9. 2008..Here, we report on 2-3 years' follow-up of children born during the trial... - Prospective study of determinants and costs of home births in Mumbai slumsSushmita Das
Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action SNEHA, Urban Health Centre, Chota Sion Hospital, 60 Feet Road, Shahunagar, Dharavi, Mumbai 400017, Maharashtra, India
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 10:38. 2010..We aimed to explore factors influencing the choice of home delivery, care practices and costs, and to identify characteristics of women, households and the environment which might increase the likelihood of home birth... - Perinatal interventions and survival in resource-poor settings: which work, which don't, which have the jury out?David Osrin
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Arch Dis Child 95:1039-46. 2010..We end with some thoughts on the complexity of choices confronting women and their families in low-income countries, particularly in view of the growth in non-government and private sector healthcare... 
Serious bacterial infections in newborn infants in developing countriesDavid Osrin
International Perinatal Care Unit, Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Curr Opin Infect Dis 17:217-24. 2004..This review therefore briefly addresses the burden, aetiology, prevention and management of serious neonatal bacterial infections in low-income settings...- Inequalities in maternity care and newborn outcomes: one-year surveillance of births in vulnerable slum communities in MumbaiNeena Shah More
UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Int J Equity Health 8:21. 2009..Aggregate urban health statistics mask inequalities. We described maternity care in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai, and examined differences in care and outcomes between more and less deprived groups... - A rapid assessment scorecard to identify informal settlements at higher maternal and child health risk in MumbaiDavid Osrin
UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford St, London, UK
J Urban Health 88:919-32. 2011..The scorecard needs further testing in a range of urban contexts, but we intend to use it to identify informal settlements in particular need of family health interventions in a subsequent program... - MaiMwana women's groups: a community mobilisation intervention to improve mother and child health and reduce mortality in rural MalawiMikey Rosato
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH
Malawi Med J 22:112-9. 2010..Their impact, implementation and cost-effectiveness have been rigorously evaluated through a randomized controlled trial design. The results of these evaluations will be reported in 2011... - Intracluster correlation coefficients and coefficients of variation for perinatal outcomes from five cluster-randomised controlled trials in low and middle-income countries: results and methodological implicationsChristina Pagel
Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, UK
Trials 12:151. 2011..In this study we report estimates for perinatal health outcomes from community-based trials to help researchers plan future evaluations... - Community mobilisation and health management committee strengthening to increase birth attendance by trained health workers in rural Makwanpur, Nepal: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trialJoanna Morrison
Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
Trials 12:128. 2011..Secondary outcome measures include uptake of antenatal and postnatal care, neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates, and maternal morbidity. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN99834806... - Association between clean delivery kit use, clean delivery practices, and neonatal survival: pooled analysis of data from three sites in South AsiaNadine Seward
UCL, Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 9:e1001180. 2012.... - Volunteer infant feeding and care counselors: a health education intervention to improve mother and child health and reduce mortality in rural MalawiMikey Rosato
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH Centre for Anthropological Research, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa
Malawi Med J 24:39-42. 2012..The impact is being evaluated through a cluster randomised controlled trial and results will be reported in 2012... - A cluster randomised controlled trial of the community effectiveness of two interventions in rural Malawi to improve health care and to reduce maternal, newborn and infant mortalitySonia Lewycka
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Trials 11:88. 2010..Further qualitative, quantitative and economic data will be collected for process and economic evaluations. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN06477126... - Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on inflammatory markers in Nepalese womenLaura J Hindle
Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 84:1086-92. 2006.... - Effects of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birthweight and gestational duration in Nepal: double-blind, randomised controlled trialDavid Osrin
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Lancet 365:955-62. 2005..The effects on perinatal morbidity and mortality need further comparisons between studies. Published online March 3, 2005 http://image.thelancet.com/extras/04art11045web.pdf... - Adaptation of a probabilistic method (InterVA) of verbal autopsy to improve the interpretation of cause of stillbirth and neonatal death in Malawi, Nepal, and ZimbabweStefania Vergnano
Centre for International Health and Development, UCL, Institute of Child Health 30 Guilford St, London WC1N1EH, UK
Popul Health Metr 9:48. 2011..abstract:.. - Maternal and neonatal health expenditure in Mumbai slums (India): a cross sectional studyJolene Skordis-Worrall
UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
BMC Public Health 11:150. 2011..We analyzed spending on maternity care in urban slum communities in Mumbai to better understand the equity of spending and the impact of spending on household poverty... - Ethical challenges in cluster randomized controlled trials: experiences from public health interventions in Africa and AsiaDavid Osrin
University College London, Institute of Child Health, London, England
Bull World Health Organ 87:772-9. 2009..Finally, we consider the debate about benefits to control groups and the standard of care that they should receive, and the issue of post-trial adoption of the intervention under test... - Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortalityCarine Ronsmans
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Food Nutr Bull 30:S547-55. 2009..Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are common among women in low-income countries and may adversely affect pregnancy outcomes... - Women's groups' perceptions of maternal health issues in rural MalawiMikey Rosato
Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Lancet 368:1180-8. 2006..Surveys have indicated a poor awareness of maternal health problems by individual women. We report the perceptions of women's groups to such issues in the rural Mchinji district of Malawi... - Stillbirths and newborn deaths in slum settlements in Mumbai, India: a prospective verbal autopsy studyUjwala Bapat
Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action SNEHA, Urban Health Centre, Chota Sion Hospital, Dharavi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:39. 2012..Our objectives were to classify deaths according to international cause-specific criteria and to identify major causes of delay in seeking and receiving health care for maternal and newborn health problems... - Implementing a community-based participatory intervention to improve essential newborn care in rural NepalDavid Osrin
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:18-21. 2003..Outcomes assessed are neonatal and perinatal mortality rates, changes in patterns of home care, health care seeking and referral. The study also aims to generate programmatic information on the process of implementation in communities... - Epidemiological transition, medicalisation of childbirth, and neonatal mortality: three Brazilian birth-cohortsAnthony Costello
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Lancet 365:825-6. 2005 - The case for a new Global Fund for maternal, neonatal, and child survivalAnthony Costello
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Lancet 366:603-5. 2005 - Community-based health programmes: role perceptions and experiences of female peer facilitators in Mumbai's urban slumsGlyn A Alcock
University College London Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Health Educ Res 24:957-66. 2009..We contextualize this within broader conceptualizations of peer-led health interventions and offer recommendations for similar community-based health initiatives... - Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communitiesAnthony Costello
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH
BMJ 329:1166-8. 2004 - The lives of Malawian nurses: the stories behind the statisticsAstrida I Grigulis
UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103:1195-6. 2009..In addition, although nurses in Malawi perceive that conditions in the UK are difficult, many still aspire to migrate themselves... - Micronutrient status during pregnancy and outcomes for newborn infants in developing countriesAnthony M de L Costello
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH
J Nutr 133:1757S-1764S. 2003..It would also be helpful to look at mechanisms for bringing the periconceptional period within the ambit of trials... - Cross sectional, community based study of care of newborn infants in NepalDavid Osrin
International Perinatal Care Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH
BMJ 325:1063. 2002....