The study team, comprised of five people, was diverse in terms of professional and personal backgrounds.
After birth the study team, comprised of hospital staff and study supervisor, screened the newborn for eligibility to participate in the study.
The study team comprised a clinical psychiatrist (SD), a research psychologist (RMcC), a psychiatrist who is both a clinician and an academic (SP), and a public health researcher who is also trained as a mental health clinician (WSC).
In our study, the study team, comprised of researchers, nurses, and community advisory board members reviewed the concepts related to health-related quality of life, and then discussed each instrument question-by-question to ensure that consensus was reached on the cultural validity and fidelity of the translated version.
The study teams comprising of community health workers for intervention delivery and field workers for independent data collection were hired from the local community and were trained on data collection instruments and study methodology.
In each randomly selected cluster, the study teams comprising of a vision technician and a community eye health worker visited the selected households and conducted eye examinations that included visual acuity assessment.
Each study team comprised a nurse, two veterinarians/paravets, a laboratory technologist, one/two animal handlers, and a village guide.
There was also a possibility of report bias especially on feeding practices, since our study team comprised health workers involved in routine patient care.
The study field team comprised the first author (E.K ., the last author (V.B ., and three clinic-level HCPs (one from each study site).
