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Journal of Global Health. 10:2. 19pp. DOI: 10.7189\/jogh.10.021001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) partnered with the Government of Bihar (GoB), India to launch the Ananya program to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) outcomes. The program sought to address supply- and demand-side barriers to the adoption, coverage, quality, equity and health impact of select RMNCHN interventions. Approaches included strengthening frontline worker service delivery; social and behavior change communications; layering of health, nutrition and sanitation into women\u2019s self help groups (SHGs); and quality improvement in maternal and newborn care at primary health care facilities. Ananya program interventions were piloted in approximately 28 million population in eight innovation districts from 2011- 2013, and then beginning in 2014, were scaled up by the GoB across the rest of the state\u2019s population of 104 million. 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