Study design
The study was a prospective cohort study, and part of a pre-post
intervention trial, the Newborn Emergency Outcome Study, with the aim
of reducing neonatal mortality (clinicaltrial.gov NCT040937778, Zanzibar
Health Research Institute: NO.ZAHREC/2 August 2019/30). The study was
conducted at four district hospitals in Pemba, Tanzania, for 11 weeks
from September to November 2019. The STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting
of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) checklist was applied for the
reporting of the current study.