Long-term impact of community-based participatory women's groups on child and maternal mortality and child disability: follow-up of a cluster randomised trial in rural Nepal.
Michelle HeysLu GramAngie WadeEdward James Norman HaworthDavid OsrinKhadkha SagarDej Krishna ShresthaRishi Prasad NeupaneDhruba AdhikariRamesh Kant AdhikariBharat BudhathokiDharma ManandharAnthony CostelloPublished in: BMJ global health (2018)
Community-level exposure to women's groups practising PLA did not significantly impact childhood death or disability or death beyond the perinatal period. Follow-up of other trials with larger sample sizes is warranted in order to explore the possibility of potential long-term survival and disability benefits with greater precision.
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