"Participatory women s groups scaled up by the Indian public health system reduced neonatal mortality equitably in a largely rural state and were highly cost-effective, warranting scale-up in other high-mortality rural settings." The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends community mobilisation with women s groups practising participatory learn
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"Participatory groups have the advantage of helping the poorest, being scalable at low cost, and producing potentially wide-ranging and long-lasting effects." Maternal depression is an increasing public health concern in low-income countries because of its high prevalence and wide-ranging implications for the health of the mother and infant.