Box 1. Early child development care in private GP clinics (adapted from the published protocol).¹⁰

Intervention clinics

Mother–child care^a

Standard counselling session using pictorial flipbook:
- childhood nutrition
- development
- maternal mental health
Assessment and treatment (including referral to specialist) of childhood nutrition, development, or maternal depression.
Follow-up of mother–child pairs in clinic at 3, 6 and 9 months (including SMS or telephone reminder, if required)

Training of private doctors and clinic assistants

Clinic assistants training:
- Conducting a standardised counselling session using the flipbook
- Measurement and recording child length and weight

Private GPs training:
- Clinical management of children with malnutrition and developmental delays in the private clinic setting.
- How to assess the mother–child pair for a specialist referral, when required, to the appropriate public tertiary care facility.

^aControl clinics continued with usual routine care.