Using Community Health Nurses and Workers for Home Visits to Pregnant Women to Improve Maternal and New Born Health in Ghana

An experimental design, a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be used. A total of 20 clusters will be randomized with block randomization of electoral areas with a) resident staff midwives and b) resident Community Health Nurse midwifes. All women residing in an electoral area will receive the same intervention for practicality and to prevent contamination.