TY - JOUR AU - Boone, Peter AU - Mann, Vera AU - Eble, Alexander AU - Mendiratta, Tarana AU - Mukherjee, Rohini AU - Figueiredo, Ryan AU - Jayanty, Chitra AU - Frost, Chris AU - Padmanabh, M. Reddy AU - Elbourne, Diana PY - 2007 DA - 2007/07/12 TI - Community health and medical provision: impact on neonates (the CHAMPION trial) JO - BMC Pediatrics SP - 26 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - The trial aims to evaluate whether neonatal mortality can be reduced through systemic changes to the provision and promotion of healthcare. Neonatal mortality rates in India are high compared to other low income countries, and there is a wide variation of rates across regions. There is evidence that relatively inexpensive interventions may be able to prevent up to 75% of these deaths. One area with a particularly high rate is Mahabubnagar District in Andhra Pradesh, where neonatal mortality is estimated to be in the region of 4–9%. The area suffers from a vicious cycle of both poor supply of and small demand for health care services. The trial will assess whether a package of interventions to facilitate systemic changes to the provision and promotion of healthcare may be able to substantially reduce neonatal mortality in this area and be cost-effective. If successful, the trial is designed so that it should be possible to substantially scale up the project in regions with similarly high neonatal mortality throughout Andhra Pradesh and elsewhere. SN - 1471-2431 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-7-26 DO - 10.1186/1471-2431-7-26 ID - Boone2007 ER -