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August 18, 2025PLoS ONEOpen Access

Magnitude, distribution and determinants of non-utilization of antenatal care services among women in low- and middle-income countries: Insights for implementation of WHO recommendations

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TTTadesse Tarik TamirDGDeresse Abebe GebrehanaAZAlebachew Ferede Zegeye

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Analysis reveals significant non-utilization of antenatal care services in low- and middle-income countries, suggesting key barriers to access.

Key Points

  • Non-utilization of antenatal care services reached 10.59% among women in low- and middle-income countries, indicating a critical healthcare gap.
  • In Afghanistan, the non-utilization rate soared to 40.05%, while Burundi reported as low as 0.76%, showing alarming geographical disparities.
  • Assessment involved hierarchical and spatial analysis of data from 480,068 women across 47 low- and middle-income countries from 2015 to 2024.
  • Addressing barriers at individual and community levels may enable achievement of WHO recommendations for antenatal care contact frequency.

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Tamir et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af33d5cf1dd9ea359e8618https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330596
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