Effective coverage of antenatal care services in post war Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: An analysis of community and health facility-based surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although promoting high-quality care is particularly important in post-conflict settings, little is known about the effective coverage of antenatal care (ANC) services in post war Tigray. Thus, our study was aimed to assess the effective coverage of ANC services in post war Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.

Methods

A combined community and health facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted in 24 randomly selected districts of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia from 29/01/2024-26/02/2024. Using multi-stage cluster sampling method, 2340 mothers of children under one year, 32 health facilities and 250 antenatal care (ANC) clients from the selected health facilities were included in the study. A pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect the households'

SUBMITTER: Gebretnsae H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12574916 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature