Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/56142, first published .
Scaling Up Kangaroo Mother Care Through a Facility Delivery Model in Rural Districts of Pakistan: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Scaling Up Kangaroo Mother Care Through a Facility Delivery Model in Rural Districts of Pakistan: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Scaling Up Kangaroo Mother Care Through a Facility Delivery Model in Rural Districts of Pakistan: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Shah Muhammad   1 * , MPH ;   Asif Soomro   1 * , MA ;   Samia Ahmed Khan   1 , MSPH ;   Hina Najmi   2 * , MPH ;   Zahid Memon   3 , PhD ;   Shabina Ariff   1 * , MBBS ;   Sajid Soofi   1 * , MBBS ;   Zufiqar Ahmed Bhutta   1, 4 * , PhD

1 Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

2 Aga Khan University Hospital, Institute of Global Health and Development, Karachi, Pakistan

3 Aga Khan University, Community Health Sciences Department, Karachi, Pakistan

4 Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Zufiqar Ahmed Bhutta, PhD
  • Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health
  • Aga Khan University
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