Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria

Strengthening the Midwife Service Scheme With Community Focused Interventions: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Field Trial in Nigeria

The objective of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of several community-based interventions that address the key factors underlying the high maternal mortality, as well as neonatal mortality and morbidity in northern Nigeria. The interventions, include:

1. a Voluntary Health Worker Program (VHW)
2. the VHW program with provision of a safe birth kit
3. the VHW program with community folk media activities.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women of reproductive age who live in the study clusters who provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Eligible women who do not consent.