... to antimalarials and antibiotics. In Manandhar (2004), LHWs facilitated meetings where local perinatal health problems were identified and local strategies formulated to promote maternal and ... 2000), Ghana (Pence, 2005); and seven in Asia: Bangladesh (Haider, 2000), Thailand (Chongsuvivatwong, 1996), Vietnam (Sripaipan, 2002), Nepal (Manandhar, 2004), India (Bhandari, 2003), Pakistan (Luby, ... Bhandari 2003, Agrasada 2005) and address barriers to breastfeeding; observation of baby position-ing and mother-child interaction; and health education. Support was mainly by tele-phone in...