Association between adequacy of antenatal care and neonatal outcomes in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study design using the Rwanda demographic and health surveys
Gérard Uwimana, Mohamed Elhoumed, Mitslal Abrha Gebremedhin, Qi Qi, Mougni Mohamed Azalati, Liang Wang, Lingxia Zeng · 2023
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Gérard Uwimana and co-authors study how care during pregnancy links to newborn health in Rwanda, in a paper from 2023. Rwanda has cut deaths in many areas, yet newborn deaths stay high. Care visits during pregnancy are a known way to guard both mother and baby. The team asked whether fuller care goes with better outcomes at birth.
They used three rounds of national household surveys, covering more than seventeen thousand women. Fewer than half the mothers had what counts as full care. Babies born underweight faced much higher odds of death in the first month. Full care visits, wider gaps between births, and a mother's age all tied to lower risk. The authors urge health teaching aimed at teen and first-time mothers. They also stress care for small babies after birth.
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| CREATOR | Gérard Uwimana, Mohamed Elhoumed, Mitslal Abrha Gebremedhin, Qi Qi, Mougni Mohamed Azalati, Liang Wang, Lingxia Zeng |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |