Study: NCT02768181

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nutrition-specific Behaviour change communication (BCC)
Description: Door-to-door counseling on nutrition during pregnancy and exclusive breastfeeding from enrolment into study till birth; exclusive breastfeeding and nutrition of lactating mothers during post-natal 6 months; timely and appropriate complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding until 2 years of child's age, and nutrition of lactating mothers during post-natal 6-24 months; all counseling would be supplemented with associated issues including hygiene and sanitation, mother's sleep and rest, maternal and child healthcare seeking etc.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nutrition-specific Behaviour change communication (BCC)
Description: Door-to-door counseling on nutrition during pregnancy and exclusive breastfeeding from enrolment into study till birth; exclusive breastfeeding and nutrition of lactating mothers during post-natal 6 months; timely and appropriate complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding until 2 years of child's age, and nutrition of lactating mothers during post-natal 6-24 months; all counseling would be supplemented with associated issues including hygiene and sanitation, mother's sleep and rest, maternal and child healthcare seeking etc.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nutrition-specific Behaviour change communication (BCC)
Description: Door-to-door counseling on nutrition during pregnancy and exclusive breastfeeding from enrolment into study till birth; exclusive breastfeeding and nutrition of lactating mothers during post-natal 6 months; timely and appropriate complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding until 2 years of child's age, and nutrition of lactating mothers during post-natal 6-24 months; all counseling would be supplemented with associated issues including hygiene and sanitation, mother's sleep and rest, maternal and child healthcare seeking etc.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nutrition-specific Behaviour change communication (BCC)
Description: Door-to-door counseling on nutrition during pregnancy and exclusive breastfeeding from enrolment into study till birth; exclusive breastfeeding and nutrition of lactating mothers during post-natal 6 months; timely and appropriate complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding until 2 years of child's age, and nutrition of lactating mothers during post-natal 6-24 months; all counseling would be supplemented with associated issues including hygiene and sanitation, mother's sleep and rest, maternal and child healthcare seeking etc.

Intervention type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nutrient supplement to pregnant women (PNS)
Description: A lipid-based micronutrient supplement (LNS) is packed in \~10g sachets. Formulation: Vegetable fat (soy), skimmed milk powder, peanuts, vitamin and mineral complex, sugar, stabilizer: fully hydrogenated vegetable fat, and antioxidant : tocopherols. Each sachet contains 70-75% of recommended dietary allowance for most of the micronutrients, including iron, folic acid, zinc, calcium, iodine, vitamins A, B1, B2, niacin, B12 etc.~Dose: 1 sachet/pregnant woman/day starting from the first counseling session (GA \~125∓15 days) continued till birth of baby. Supplement should be taken with food in room temperature, and must not be heated, or mixed with hot food. To avoid overdose, respondents receiving this supplement should stop taking any other micronutrient supplement or drink.