Published on in Vol 10, No 8 (2021): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/28156, first published .
Effect of Community-Based Kangaroo Mother Care Package on Neonatal Mortality Among Preterm and Low Birthweight Infants in Rural Pakistan: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Community-Based Kangaroo Mother Care Package on Neonatal Mortality Among Preterm and Low Birthweight Infants in Rural Pakistan: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Community-Based Kangaroo Mother Care Package on Neonatal Mortality Among Preterm and Low Birthweight Infants in Rural Pakistan: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Shabina Ariff   1 * , MBBS, FCPS ;   Atif Habib   2 * , PhD ;   Zahid Memon   2 , MPH ;   Tayyaba Arshad   2 , MSc ;   Tariq Samejo   2 , MPH ;   Ikram Maznani   2 , MSc ;   Muhammad Umer   2 , MBA ;   Amjad Hussain   2 , MSc ;   Arjumand Rizvi   2 , MSc ;   Imran Ahmed   2 , MSc ;   Sajid Bashir Soofi   1, 2 , MBBS, FCPS ;   Zulfiqar A Bhutta   2 , PhD

1 Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

2 Center of Excellence in Women & Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD
  • Center of Excellence in Women & Child Health
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