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Antenatal Care - WHO
Opportunities for Africa s Newborns 51 Antenatal care (ANC) coverage is a success story in Africa, since over two-thirdsof pregnant women (69 percent) have at least one ANC contact. However, toachieve the full life-saving potential that ANC promises for women and babies,four visits providing essential evidence based interventions a package oftencalled focused Antenatal care are required. Essential interventions in ANCinclude identification and management of obstetric complications such as pre-eclampsia, tetanus toxoid immunisation, intermittent preventive treatment formalaria during pregnancy (IPTp), and identification and management ofinfections including HIV, syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).ANC is also an opportunity to promote the use of skilled attendance at birth andhealthy behaviours such as breastfeeding, early postnatal care , and planning foroptimal pregnancy of these opportunities continue to be missed, even though over two-thirdsof pregnant women receive at least one Antenatal visit.
Opportunities for Africa’s Newborns 51 Antenatal care (ANC) coverage is a success story in Africa,since over two-thirds of pregnant women (69 percent) have at least one ANC contact.However,to
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