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Volume 6
Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
October 01-02, 2018 Osaka, Japan
3
rd
World Congress on
Pediatric Neurology and Pediatric Surgery
Neuropediatrics 2018
October 01-02, 2018
Knowledge towards antenatal care and service utilization among women in Fiche Town, North
Shewa, Ethiopia
Rebik Shukure
Salale University, Ethiopia
M
aternal mortality is the highest in sub-Saharan Africa, where the life time risk of death from pregnancy related conditions
is 1 in 16, compared with 1 in 2800 in developed countries. In Ethiopia, like other sub-Saharan Africa countries, maternal
and infant mortality remains to be a problem of public health importance. There are 350 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live
births. Antenatal care, the care that the women receive during pregnancy, helps to ensure healthy outcome for women and new
born. A community based cross-sectional study design was conducted. Systematic random sampling technique was used. A
total of 345 women who delivered in the 5 years before the date of survey were interviewed. 223 (64.6%) women were reported
to have received antenatal care at least once during their last pregnancy. Of these, 89 (39.9%) had four or more antenatal care
follow ups during their last pregnancy. This is low coverage compared to other developing country. The government sector and
health worker need to give great attention for antenatal care.
rebikshukure92@gmail.comJ Child Adolesc Behav 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0665-C7-070