Specialized Nutritious Food Combined With Cash Transfers and Social and Behavior Change Communication to Prevent Stunting Among Children Aged 6 to 23 Months in Pakistan: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Specialized Nutritious Food Combined With Cash Transfers and Social and Behavior Change Communication to Prevent Stunting Among Children Aged 6 to 23 Months in Pakistan: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Gul Nawaz Khan
1
, MA, MPH ;
Sumra Kureishy
2
, MPH ;
Shabina Ariff
1
, MBBS, FCPS ;
Muhammad Atif Habib
1
, MBBS, PhD ;
Asra Abeer Usmani
3
, MBBS ;
Areeba Mubarik
3
, MBBS ;
Masawar Hussain
1
, MA ;
Naveed Akbar
4
, MA ;
Pablo Rodriguez de Castro
2
, BSc ;
Alba Cecilia Garzon
2
, MD, MPH ;
Saskia de Pee
5
, MD, PhD ;
Sajid Bashir Soofi
1
, MBBS, FCPS
1
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
2
World Food Programme, Islamabad, Pakistan
3
Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
4
Benazir Income Support Programme, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
5
World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Corresponding Author:
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Sajid Bashir Soofi, MBBS, FCPS
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
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Aga Khan University
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National Stadium Road
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Karachi
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Pakistan
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Phone:
92 3486-4798 ext 4798
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Fax: 92 3493-4294
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Email: sajid.soofi@aku.edu