Effectiveness of faith-based interventions on the rate of discharge against medical advice in the tertiary newborn units in Nigeria: A protocol for randomized control trial.

INTERVENTION: Faith based intervention Standard of care CONDITION: ; Paediatrics Paediatrics PRIMARY OUTCOME: The primary outcome of this study is the retention rate of sick newborns with the faith‐based intervention in public tertiary hospitals in Nigeria compared with the standard of care. SECONDARY OUTCOME: The secondary outcomes are reasons and determinants of DAMA among the neonates in the tertiary hospitals in Nigeria. INCLUSION CRITERIA: All newborns admitted into selected public hospitals whose parents /caregivers gave their consent to participate in the study.