Background In the context of high maternal morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa,
less than 80% of pregnant women receive antenatal care services. According to a 2016 …

Background Antenatal care uptake is among the key indicators for monitoring the progress
of maternal outcomes. Early initiation of antenatal care facilitates the timely management …

Background Delay on timely initiation of antenatal care has a great impact on adverse
pregnancy out comes. However, evidences in Ethiopia revealed that majority of pregnant …

Improved access to and utilization of various maternal healthcare services have been seen
as the panacea to poor maternal and child health outcomes characterizing many developing …

Introduction Despite progress in recent years, full antenatal care utilization in India continues
to be relatively low and inequitable, particularly between states and districts. In 2015–2016 …

Objectives Unplanned pregnancies are common and associated with late initiation and
inadequate antenatal care attendance, which may pose health risks to mother and child …

Background This study aims to explore the potential association between unintended
pregnancy and maternal health complications. Secondarily, we test whether antenatal care …

Perinatal depression is common, affecting approximately 7–13% of women. Studies have
shown an association between unplanned pregnancy and perinatal depressive symptoms …

Objectives To examine the association between unintended pregnancy and maternal
healthcare services utilization in low-and lower-middle-income countries. Methods A …

Background: Unintended pregnancy has direct relation with poor utilization of maternal
health care services and also associated with unhealthy behaviors during pregnancy. Few …