Journal article
Health system and community level interventions for improving antenatal care coverage and health outcomes
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends at least four antenatal care (ANC) visits for all pregnant women. Almost half of pregnant women worldwide, and especially in developing countries do not receive this amount of care. Poor attendance of ANC is associated with delivery of low birthweight babies and more neonatal deaths. ANC may include education on nutrition, potential problems with pregnancy or childbirth, child care and …
Authors
Mbuagbaw L; Medley N; Darzi AJ; Richardson M; Garga KH; Ongolo‐Zogo P
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2016, No. 12,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd010994.pub2
ISSN
1361-6137