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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN16247511
Date of registration: 01/02/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The Department of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH)/World Health Organization (WHO) (Switzerland)
Public title: Community-based perinatal and newborn care in rural Pakistan: a cluster randomised controlled trial
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Date of first enrolment: 01/08/2002
Target sample size: 36000
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN16247511
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Cluster randomised controlled trial (Quality of life)  
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Countries of recruitment
Pakistan
Contacts
Name: Jose    Martines
Address:  World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia CH 1211 Geneva-27 Switzerland
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Email: martinesj@who.int
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All newborns in the study community are eligible for inclusion.
Exclusion criteria: Refusal to participate.

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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Newborn sepsis, birth asphyxia, pneumonia
Neonatal Diseases
Newborn sepsis, birth asphyxia, pneumonia
Intervention(s)
1. Improved newborn care by first level health workers (traditional birth attendants, lady health workers and midwives)
2. Increased community participation in newborn care

For further information please contact Dr Martines at the address listed below or the principal investigator:
Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta
Department of Paediatric and Child Health
Aga Khan University
Stadium Road
Karachi
P.O. Box 3500
Pakistan
Email: zulfiqar.bhutta@aku.edu
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Newborn mortality
2. Perinatal mortality
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Early initiation of breastfeeding
2. Exclusive breastfeeding
Secondary ID(s)
01006HNI
Source(s) of Monetary Support
The Department of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH)/World Health Organization (WHO) (Switzerland), Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) (USA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Government of Pakistan (Pakistan)
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