Integrating an early child development intervention into an existing primary healthcare platform in rural Lesotho: a prospective case-control study.

Objectives: This study evaluated a novel early childhood development (ECD) programme integrated it into the primary healthcare system.

Setting: The intervention was implemented in a rural district of Lesotho from 2017 to 2018.

Participants: It targeted primary caregivers during routine postnatal care visits and through village health worker home visits.