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• a  occurring or existing before birth
  antenatal care

• Almost one in four women who give birth receives no antenatal care.
• When Tatu became pregnant, she went to the antenatal clinic at KCMC and discovered she was HIV-positive.
• I encounter young couples all the time who are prospective parents but have no way of accessing appropriate antenatal care.

• prenatal
• antepartum

• perinatal

News & Articles

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• Community health workers in Côte d'Ivoire play a vital role in preventing new HIV infections among children – and in ...
  LABO, Côte d'Ivoire, 11 December 2013 – A group of pregnant women, young mothers and their partners take shade under the thatched roof, listening to Atanase Koukou Kouakou. Holding an illustrated manual, he explains why it is important that all pregnant women get tested for HIV and attend their antenatal consultations regularly.
  Dec. 15, 2013 - Unicef

Quotes

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• Andrew Lansley in Times Online
  Andrew Lansley, the Shadow Health Secretary, said: "I find it astonishing that Patricia Hewitt can mislead expectant mothers and unemployed midwives by making this announcement without acknowledging the shortage of midwives, that antenatal classes...
• Elisabeth Elliot in HULIQ (press release)
  Professor Elliot says, "Failure to provide information about the dangers of alcohol consumption in the antenatal consultation represents a lost opportunity. Accurate recording of antenatal alcohol exposure will help identify children who require...
• Sandra Gidley in this is hampshire.net
  Mrs Gidley said: "Antenatal classes help women prepare for childbirth and knowing what to expect can help make the experience a more comfortable and less medical one."