Integrated Person-Centered Health Care for All Women During Pregnancy: Implementing World Health Organization Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience
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The 2016 WHO guideline on routine antenatal care (ANC) recommends several health systems interventions to improve quality of care and increase use of services including: Midwife-led continuity of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods Task shifting components of ANC, including promotion of health-related behaviors and distribution of nutrition supplements Recruitment and retention of health workers in rural and remote areas Community mobilization to improve communication and support to pregnant women Women-held case notes A model with a minimum of 8 antenatal care contacts
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