[HTML][HTML] Urban-rural disparities of antenatal care in South East Asia: a case study in the Philippines and Indonesia

RD Wulandari, AD Laksono, N Rohmah - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background The government is obliged to guarantee equal access to antenatal care (ANC)
between urban and rural areas. This study aimed to analyze urban-rural disparities in≥ 4 …

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on antenatal care utilisation in Kenya: a cross-sectional study

A Landrian, J Mboya, G Golub, C Moucheraud… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The aim of this study was to assess the effects of COVID-19 on antenatal care
(ANC) utilisation in Kenya, including women's reports of COVID-related barriers to ANC and …

[HTML][HTML] Health insurance coverage and timely antenatal care attendance in sub-Saharan Africa

RG Aboagye, J Okyere, BO Ahinkorah… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Out-of-pocket payments for healthcare remain a significant health financing
challenge in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), preventing women from using maternal health …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of Antenatal Care and Skilled Birth Delivery Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review

MA Lateef, D Kuupiel, GG Mchunu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Daily, the number of women who die around the world reaches an average of 800; these
deaths are a result of obstetric complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and 99% of these …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling geographical accessibility to urban centres in Kenya in 2019

PM Macharia, E Mumo, EA Okiro - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Access to major services, often located in urban centres, is key to the realisation
of numerous Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Kenya, there are no up-to-date and …

Magnitude of antenatal care service uptake and associated factors among pregnant women: analysis of the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey

SM Fenta, GM Ayenew, BE Getahun - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Antenatal and postnatal cares are crucial for the survival and well-being of both
the mother and the child. WHO recommends a minimum of four antenatal care (ANC) visits …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization pattern of antenatal care and determining factors among reproductive-age women in Borama, Somaliland

HM Mouhoumed, N Mehmet - Journal of preventive medicine and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Antenatal care is essential care given during pregnancy, to diagnose and treat
complications that could endanger both the lives of mother and child. The risk of dying from …

[HTML][HTML] Adapting the preterm birth phenotyping framework to a low-resource, rural setting and applying it to births from Migori County in western Kenya

L Miller, CN Schmidt, P Wanduru, A Wanyoro… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal and under-five mortality
worldwide. It is a complex syndrome characterized by numerous etiologic pathways shaped …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the drop out from the maternal, newborn and child healthcare continuum in three East African Community countries: application of machine …

C Mlandu, Z Matsena-Zingoni, E Musenge - BMC Medical Informatics and …, 2023 - Springer
Background For optimal health, the maternal, newborn, and child healthcare (MNCH)
continuum necessitates that the mother/child receive the full package of antenatal …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variation and inequities in antenatal care coverage in Kenya, Uganda and mainland Tanzania using model-based geostatistics: a socioeconomic and …

PM Macharia, NK Joseph, GK Nalwadda… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experience the highest levels of
maternal mortality and stillbirths due to predominantly avoidable causes. Antenatal care …