Since 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that expectant women have at least eight antenatal care (ANC) visits with skilled healthcare providers, such as doctors, nurses, or ...

The increase in visits was driven primarily by more visits in the first 4 months after delivery that had been scheduled ...

Maternal experts have said that starting antenatal care between six and eight weeks helps reduce the risks of complications, promotes a healthy pregnancy experience, and improves health outcomes for ...

Urine culture (checkbox only included in 2003 and 2004) was indicated in 3.4% of prenatal visits, yielding an estimated average of 0.4 urine cultures per pregnancy. In other words, fewer than half ...

Most of the women who had some awareness of FANC were informed through health talks provided during antenatal visits. However, the study also revealed that many women started antenatal care late ...