The target villages of the SCALING project are primarily rural communities with agriculture-based livelihoods, but also include peri-urban villages with mixed agricultural and market-based economies. The communities are ethnically diverse and face a number of barriers to achieving quality maternal and child health and nutrition. These include lack of access to health information, inadequate quality of health services, gendered social norms and traditions that limit women’s rights, freedoms, opportunities and ability to care for their health, inadequate access to clean water and WASH infrastructure, and the need for strengthened multi-sector nutrition governance....