An integrated newborn care kit (iNCK) to save newborn lives and improve health outcomes in Gilgit Baltistan (GB), Pakistan: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Sarah M. Abu Fadaleh (Author), Lisa G. Pell (Author), Muhammad Yasin (Author), Daniel S. Farrar (Author), Sher Hafiz Khan (Author), Zachary Tanner (Author), Shariq Paracha (Author), Falak Madhani (Author), Diego G. Bassani (Author), Imran Ahmed (Author), Sajid B. Soofi (Author), Monica Taljaard (Author), Rachel F. Spitzer (Author), Zulfiqar A. Bhutta (Author), Shaun K. Morris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ongoing high neonatal mortality rates (NMRs) represent a global challenge. In 2021, of the 5 million deaths reported worldwide for children under five years of age, 47% were newborns. Pakistan has one of the five highest national NMRs in the world, with an estimated 39 neonatal d...