Abstract
Maternal mortality is the highest in sub- Saharan Africa, where the life time risk of death from pregnancy related conditions is 1 in 16, compared with 1 in 2800 in developed countries, In Ethiopia, like other sub Saharan Africa countries, maternal and infant mortality remains to be a problem of public health importance. There are 350 maternal deaths for every 100000 live births. Antenatal care, the care that the women receive during pregnancy, helps to ensure healthy outcome for women and new born. A community based cross sectional study design was conducted. Systematic random sampling technique was used. A total of 345 women who delivered in the 5 years before the date of survey were interviewed. Two hundred twenty three (64.6%) women were reported to have received antenatal care at least once during their last pregnancy. Of these, 89 (39.9%) had four or more antenatal care follow ups during their last pregnancy. This is low coverage compared to other developing country. The government sector and health worker need to give great attention for antenatal care.
Highlights
Antenatal care (ANC), along with family planning, skilled delivery care and emergency obstetric care is a key element of the package of service aimed at improving maternal and new born health [1]
The ante natal care period presents an important opportunity for identifying threats to the mother and unborn baby’s health as well as for counseling on nutrition, birth preparedness, delivery care and family planning options after the birth; beyond that early utilization of antenatal service is the corner stone for the effective implementation of HIV (PMTCT) program [3]
A community based cross sectional study done in Hadiya zone of southern Ethiopia from January –February 2009 showed that antenatal care service utilization in the study area was 86.3% from a total of 691 women who give birth at list once within the last five years before the survey [9]
Summary
Antenatal care (ANC), along with family planning, skilled delivery care and emergency obstetric care is a key element of the package of service aimed at improving maternal and new born health [1]. The ante natal care period presents an important opportunity for identifying threats to the mother and unborn baby’s health as well as for counseling on nutrition, birth preparedness, delivery care and family planning options after the birth; beyond that early utilization of antenatal service is the corner stone for the effective implementation of HIV (PMTCT) program [3]. A community based cross sectional study done in Hadiya zone of southern Ethiopia from January –February 2009 showed that antenatal care service utilization in the study area was 86.3% from a total of 691 women who give birth at list once within the last five years before the survey [9]
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