Health facility readiness to provide antenatal care (ANC) and non-communicable disease (NCD) services in Nepal and Bangladesh: Analysis of facility-based surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antenatal care (ANC) visits provide an important opportunity for diagnostic, preventive, and curative services for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during pregnancy. There is an identified need for an integrated, system-wide approach to provide both ANC and NCD services to improve maternal and child health outcomes in the short and long term.

Objective

This study assessed the readiness of health facilities to provide ANC and NCD services in Nepal and Bangladesh, identified as low-and middle-income countries.

Method

The study used data from national health facility surveys in Nepal (n = 1565) and Bangladesh (n = 512) assessing recent service provision under the Demographic and Health Survey programs. Using the WHO's service availability and readiness assessm

SUBMITTER: Thapa DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010536 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature