A qualitative study exploring barriers to adequate uptake of antenatal care in pre-conflict Syria: low cost interventions are needed to address disparities in antenatal care

Abstract Background Syria has made progress in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity before the conflict in 2011. Despite the improvement in antenatal care (ANC) coverage and patterns of use, analyses of national surveys demonstrated wide regional variations in uptake, timing and number of visit...

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Main Authors: Rima Mourtada, Hyam Bashour, Fiona Houben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Contraception and Reproductive Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40834-021-00156-7