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Scaling up community mobilisation through womens groups for maternal and neonatal health: experiences from rural Bangladesh Nahar et al. Nahar et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012, 12:5 /1471-2393/12/5 (24 January 2012) Nahar et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012, 12:5 /1471-2393/12/5 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Scaling up community mobilisation through women’s groups for maternal and neonatal health: experiences from rural Bangladesh 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 Tasmin Nahar , Kishwar Azad , Bedowra Haq Aumon , Layla Younes , Sanjit Shaha , Abdul Kuddus , Audrey Prost , Tanja AJ Houweling2,3, Anthony Costello2 and Edward Fottrell2* Abstract Background: Program coverage is likely to be an important determinant of the effectiveness of community interventions to reduce neonatal mortality. Rigorous examination and documentation of methods to scale-up interventions and measure coverage are scarce, however. To address this knowledge gap, this paper describes the process and measurement of scaling-up coverage of a community mobilisation intervention for maternal, child and neonatal health in rural Bangladesh and critiques this real-life experience in relation to available literature on scaling-up. Methods: Scale-up activities took place in nine unions in rural Bangladesh. Recruitment and training of those who deliver the intervention, communication and engagement with the community and other stakeholders and active dissemination of intervention activities are described. Process evaluation and population survey data are presented and used to measure coverage and the success of scale-up. R