Trends of antenatal care during pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries
Background
Antenatal care (ANC) is an important opportunity to diagnose and treat pregnancy-related complications and to deliver interventions aimed at improving health and survival of both mother and the infant. Multiple individual studies and national surveys have assessed antenatal care utilization at a single point in time across different countries, but ANC trends have not often been studied in rural areas of low-middle income countries (LMICs). The objective of this analysis was to study the trends of antenatal care use in LMICs over a seven-year period.
By: Tikmani SS, Ali SA, Saleem S, Bann CM, Patel A, Mwenechanya M et al.