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GLOBAL PEDIATRIC HEALTH
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2333794X211045822
Keywords
inequality; ANC; maternal health; women; eight; WHO
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The study aimed to explore the prevalence of 8 or more antenatal care (ANC) contacts using multi-country data. Factors such as urban residence, higher education level, higher household wealth, early birth order, and older maternal age were associated with higher prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts. The overall prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts was 13.0%, with Jordan, Ghana, and Albania having the highest prevalence.
Optimal antenatal care is an important service required by women and babies. To promote healthy motherhood and for positive pregnancy outcomes, World Health Organization recently recommended a minimum of 8 ANC contacts. We aim to explore the prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts using multi-country data. Urban dwellers, mothers with secondary or higher education, women from high household wealth, early birth order, and older mothers at childbirth had higher prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts respectively. The pooled prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts was 13.0%. Jordan had the leading prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts (74.0%), followed by Ghana (43.0%) and Albania (30.0%). On the other hand, Senegal, Uganda, and Zambia had very low prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts. There was heterogeneity in the prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts across countries. There was low prevalence of 8 or more ANC contacts.
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