New feeding support for tiny babies tested in three countries

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

OBJECTIVE 1 (FACILITY-BASED) Inclusion criteria Infants * Low birthweight (≤2.5kg) or preterm (\<37 weeks) infants admitted to NICU at study facility * In-born infants admitted to the NICU within 24 hours of birth) * Mother and infant alive during screening * Mother consents for herself and infant * Women (mothers) who are age of majority: Tanzania and India: 18+; Malawi: 16-17 and married OR 18+ Healthcare providers * Healthcare provider who was trained to deliver the facility-based FSP+ * Healthcare provider consents for him/herself Exclusion criteria Infants * Out-born infants referred to study facility NICU * Congenital anomalies or acquired conditions that interfere with feeding or placement of nasogastric/ orogastric (NG/OG) tube \[e.g., cleft lip/palate, toxoplasmosis,other agents, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes (TORCH), Trisomy 21, Congenital cardiac defect, neural tube defect, gastrointestinal (GI) tract anomalies, hydrocephalus, necrotizing enterocolitis\] * Severe birth asphyxia * Unknown date of birth and unknown gestational age OBJECTIVE 2 (TRANSITION-TO-HOME) Inclusion criteria Infants * Infants in India-Uttar Pradesh site * LBW (\<2.5kg) or preterm (\<37 weeks) infants discharged from a study facility and fulfilling all objective 1 inclusion criteria (exposed to objective 1 intervention) * Lives within catchment areas of study facility (50km) * Mother intends to stay in the catchment areas for 3 months post-birth with infant Community providers * Community provider who was trained to deliver the transition-to-home FSP+. * Community provider consents for him/herself Exclusion criteria Infants * Not screened and was not exposed to objective 1 intervention (and meet all eligibility criteria) * Lives outside the defined catchment area * Mother does not intend to stay in the catchment areas for 3 months post-birth with infant Community providers -Community provider who was not trained to deliver the transition-to-home FSP+.