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Community health worker-led household screening and management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomized control trial protocol.

Eric M FooteFarjana JahanMahbubur RahmanSarker Masood ParvezTasnim AhmedRezaul HasanFarzana YeasminShams El ArifeenSk Masum BillahMd Mahbubul HoqueMohammod ShahidullahMuhammad Shariful IslamVinod K BhutaniGary L Darmstadt
Published in: Gates open research (2024)
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of CHW-led home phototherapy to increase neonatal hyperbilirubinemia treatment rates in rural Bangladesh. LMICs are expanding access to postnatal care by using CHWs, and our work will give CHWs a curative treatment option for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Similar projects in other LMICs can be pursued to dramatically extend healthcare access to vulnerable newborns with hyperbilirubinemia.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • randomized controlled trial
  • south africa
  • pregnant women
  • palliative care
  • open label
  • preterm infants
  • health insurance
  • placebo controlled
  • smoking cessation
  • affordable care act