SynthesisJournal of global health2016
Integration of antenatal care services with health programmes in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Integrated maternal, newborn and child-health strategies and interventions for reducing maternal and child mortality in Nigeria: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Integrating HIV services and other health services: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Effect of Enhanced Nutrition and Infection Management Intervention Packages on Antenatal Quality of Care Indicators in Rural Amhara, Ethiopia.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Postnatal care services utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa countries: a scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Approaches, barriers, and facilitators to and strategies for normalizing the provision of ultrasound scanning by midwives in the antenatal clinic.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Geospatial analysis of the impact of Cameroonian Anglophone Crisis conflict intensity on antenatal care utilisation.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Use of integrated services in antenatal care: A case study of Mabvuku Polyclinic, Zimbabwe.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- To what extent are maternal and child health, family planning, and nutrition policies supporting integrated service delivery in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Niger?Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Utilization of Antenatal Care and Skilled Birth Delivery Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Integrated maternity care: A concept analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Contents of antenatal care services in Afghanistan: findings from the national health survey 2018.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Completion of four or more ANC visits among women of reproductive age in Iganga district in Uganda: a quantitative study on the role of service-level factors.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Maternal vaccines: ten considerations for vaccine introduction and scale-up in low- and middle-income countries from the maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health perspective.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- Quality and Integrated Service Delivery: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Effects of Malaria and Antenatal Service Quality on Malaria Intervention Use in Sub-Saharan Africa.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Factors that affect the utilisation of maternal healthcare in the Mchinji District of Malawi.PloS one · 2022Article
- Developmental origins of disease highlight the immediate need for expanded access to comprehensive prenatal care.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Contrast in utilization of maternal and child health services between Himalayan region and rest of India: Evidence from National Family Health Survey (2015-16).BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a pilot program that integrated prenatal screening into routine antenatal care in western rural China: an interrupted time-series study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAntenatal care (ANC) presents a potentially valuable platform for integrated delivery of additional health services for pregnant women-services that are vital to reduce the persistently high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, there is limited evidence on the impact of integrating health services with ANC to guide policy. This review assesses the impact of integration of postnatal and other health services with ANC on health services uptake and utilisation, health outcomes and user experience of care in LMICs.
methodsCochrane Library, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL Plus, POPLINE and Global Health were searched for studies that compared integrated models for delivery of postnatal and other health services with ANC to non-integrated models. Risk of bias of included studies was assessed using the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) criteria and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, depending on the study design. Due to high heterogeneity no meta-analysis could be conducted. Results are presented narratively.
findings12 studies were included in the review. Limited evidence, with moderate- to high-risk of bias, suggests that integrated service delivery results in improved uptake of essential health services for women, earlier initiation of treatment, and better health outcomes. Women also reported improved satisfaction with integrated services.
conclusionsThe reported evidence is largely based on non-randomised studies with poor generalizability, and therefore offers very limited policy guidance. More rigorously conducted and geographically diverse studies are needed to better ascertain and quantify the health and economic benefits of integrating health services with ANC.
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