antenatal care = prenatal care is the complex of interventions that a pregnant woman receives from...
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Antenatal Care
= Prenatal Care
Is the complex of interventions that a pregnant woman receives from organized health care services.
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What should happen at antenatal appointments?
The schedule of appointments as the first (booking), and then at 16,
18–20, 25, 28, 31, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 41 weeks is organized and modified
according to the need of the pregnant woman.
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These interventions may be provided in approximately 12-16
antenatal care visits during a pregnancy.
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The PURPOSE of antenatal care is:• To prevent or identify and treat
conditions that may threaten the health of the fetus/newborn and/or the mother
• To help a woman approach pregnancy and birth as positive experiences
• To help provide a good start for the newborn child
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Perinatal deaths per 100 births
26Source: WHO Regional Office for Europe, European health for all database, 2003.Note: Figures are for latest available year.CARK: central Asian republics and Kazakhstan.
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Source: WHO Regional Office for Europe, European health for all database, 2003.Note: Figures are for latest available year.CARK: central Asian republics and Kazakhstan; CSEC: central and southern European countries; EU: European Union; NIS: newly independent states of the former Soviet Union.
Maternal deaths per 100 000 live births
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