BACKGROUND Congenital syphilis is recognized as a substantial public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of syphilis among antenatal care attendees in Botswana and to contribute to knowledge about the challenges facing the syphilis-screening programme. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 703 antenatal care attendees at 13 health faciliti...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of antenatal care with the prevention of maternal mortality among pregnant women in Bauchi state. An ex-post facto research design was used to study 308 subjects drawn from six local government areas in Bauchi state. The subjects were drawn through stratified random sampling techniques. A close ended questionnaire was used to obtain resp...

Home delivery in unhygienic environments is common among Afghan women; only one third of births are delivered at health facilities. Institutional delivery is central to reducing maternal mortality. The factors associated with place of delivery among women in Afghanistan were examined using the Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 (AMS 2010), which was open to researchers. The AMS 2010 data were co...

OBJECTIVE The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is generally recognised as a valid, reliable, cost-effective and simple tool to implement within routine care, however there is controversy regarding the acceptability of screening for depression. This paper aims to examine how acceptable women find (1) completing a battery of questionnaires, including the EPDS and (2) receiving feedback...

The purpose of this study is to establish the determinants of antenatal care offered by Health Professionals in Sub-Saharan Africa taking a case study of central Uganda. A sample of 1583 women of reproductive age group of 15-49 was selected from the main dataset of 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey from which all the analysis were derived from. Overall, the extent of maternal health car...

Perspectives Significant progress is being made to improve the outcomes of pregnancy and childbirth in many countries. In many low-and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Bolivia (the Plurinational State of), Myanmar and Pakistan, great strides have been made in significantly reducing maternal mortality. 1 However, the estimated 24 000–60 000 women who are pregnant and inca...

BACKGROUND Integration of HIV into RMNCH (reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health) services is an important process addressing the disproportionate burden of HIV among mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa. We assess the structural inputs and processes of care that support HIV testing and counselling in routine antenatal care to understand supply-side dynamics critical to scaling ...

Antental Care (ANC) mengurangi angka morbiditas ibu dan perinatal, serta kematian secara langsung melalui deteksi pengobatan komplikasi terkait kehamilan, tidak identifikasi hamil yang berisiko tinggi mengalami selama persalinan sehingga memastikan rujukan ke tingkat perawatan tepat. Penelitian ini bertujuan Untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan terhadap kunjungan antenatal care di Puskesmas Ma...

Mozambique, within its plan for overall social and economic change, has given priority to primary health care with a principal focus on maternal and child health. In 1980 an antenatal control form was introduced into all Maputo's antenatal clinics to monitor pregnancies and to help direct specialist care to mothers at greatest risk--a strategy known by WHO as the "risk approach." In this study ...

A survey of 452 pregnant women accessing care at first level public health facilities in a local government area in southwest Nigeria was conducted to assess their perspectives on the quality of antenatal care received. Majority of the women expressed satisfaction with the level of expertise and basic technical competence of their careproviders. Less than 30% were pleased with the existing pati...