Association between adequacy of antenatal care and neonatal outcomes in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study design using the Rwanda demographic and health surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal and neonatal health services are life-saving interventions for neonatal health outcomes. As Rwanda endeavors to accomplish sustainable development goals, adequate ANC is essential to lessen of neonatal mortality. The utilization of ANC continues to be inadequate and high neonatal mortality rate persevere in Rwanda. Understanding the direct and indirect factors that affect newborn health outcomes is necessary for well-targeted interventions. However, few studies had been conducted in Rwanda to evaluate the importance of ANC in improving neonatal health. This study therefore assessed the association between ANC and neonatal outcomes.

Methods

The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are household surveys that are cross-sectional, nationally representative, a

SUBMITTER: Uwimana G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704762 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature