Volume 13 Supplement 1

Maternal and Newborn Health Research and Advocacy Fund, Pakistan

Research

This collection of articles was produced and funded as an output of the Maternal and Newborn Health Research and Advocacy Fund (MNH RAF) project in Pakistan. MNH RAF was funded by UKaid from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) and Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). It was managed by a consortium led by the British Council with its partners Immpact at the University of Aberdeen, Social Development Direct and RIZ Consulting. The views expressed and information contained therein are not necessarily those of nor endorsed by DFID, DFAT or the management consortium, who can accept no responsibility or liability for such views, their completeness, accuracy or reliance placed upon them. The funders had no role in deciding which articles to publish. Reviewers were paid a minimal fee to undertake a review. At the time of editing the supplement, Atsumi Hirose was contracted by the Immpact research group of the University of Aberdeen and provided technical support to RAF grantees. Julia Hussein is employed as Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Scientific Director of Immpact at the University of Aberdeen. Dr Hussein was involved in decisions to award funding to some of the research and advocacy projects referenced in this supplement, but was not involved in the implementation of any these or other MNH RAF projects. Zahid Memon was contracted by British Council as a Research Specialist for MNH RAF. He was not involved in the publication decision making of the supplement article that he co-authored. Sarah Hall was contracted by British Council as the programme manager of MNH RAF. She declares no competing interests.