Abstract Background Since 2000, the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, which
included a goal to improve maternal health by the end of 2015, has facilitated significant …

While the most important factors associated with facility-based delivery (FBD) have been
explored within individual countries in Africa, no systematic review has explored the factors …

Introduction: Utilization of antenatal care, institutional delivery and postnatal care services in
Nigeria are poor even by african average. Methods: We analysed the 2013 Nigeria DHS to …

Background Early and frequent antenatal care attendance during pregnancy is important to
identify and mitigate risk factors in pregnancy and to encourage women to have a skilled …

BACKGROUND: Although there is a general agreement on the importance of antenatal care
to improve the maternal and perinatal health, little is known about its importance to improve …

Background: Access to antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) services has a great
deal of impacts on major causes of infant death and significantly affects trends of mortality in …

While the importance of antenatal care for maternal and child health continues to be
debated, several researchers have documented its impact on intermediate variables …

Abstract Background Antenatal Care (ANC) during pregnancy can play an important role in
the uptake of evidence-based services vital to the health of women and their infants. Studies …

Introduction Antenatal Care (ANC) is an important component of maternal health and covers
a wide range of activities with huge potential benefits for positive pregnancy out comes …

Regional variability in facility-based delivery (FBD) rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is not
well understood, nor is the relationship between FBD and national maternal and early …