Engaging stakeholders in embedded newborn health services/systems research in Kenya; a continuous process involving multiple actors.

Even with a carefully developed stakeholder engagement plan, an experienced team, and a landscape backed by long-term relationships and embeddedness, health research stakeholder engagement can be complex and unfold in unexpected ways and requires continuous effort, resources, and adaptability. Meeting the moral, strategic, and practical potential of engagement requires flexibility, responsiveness, and commitment, including adequate resources.