Effectiveness Study During the First 1,000 Days in Kenya

"During whole study (pregnant women and offspring):~* Soap (for daily hand washing)~* Chlorine solution (for daily drinking water treatment)~* Life stage-appropriate (pregnancy, lactation, IYCF) monthly nutrition and WASH trainings~During pregnancy and up to when offspring turns 6 months old:~* LNS (Enov' Mum, 20g sachet daily)~* Anthelminthic treatment (single-dose mebendazole (500mg), once during second trimester of pregnancy)~Children 6-24 months of age~* MNP (MixMe, 1g sachet every three days)~* ORS + zinc~* 1 egg per day~All families in the intervention group will receive the same agriculture-focused package (see section 'control intervention' below) as those in the control group. All women will follow regular antenatal care as provided by the Kenyan government as part of their routine health system (e.g. intermittent preventive malaria treatment and iron-folic acid-supplements)."

"Active control: The families living in the control clusters will receive the agriculture-focused package that is already in place in all participating clusters through the 1AF programme. This agriculture focused package consists of: - Agricultural training (every 2 weeks on average) for all - Free to enrol for the following products on credit: o Compost boosters~* Cook stoves o Seeds (onions, maize, indigenous greens, beans) o Maize storage bags o Drying tarps~* Trees o Solar lights o Fertilizer o Actellic dust (insecticide) o Re-usable sanitary pads"