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Figure 10.1 Antenatal Care, Tetanus Toxoid (TT) Vaccinations,
Place of Delivery, and Delivery Assistance
ANTENATAL CARE
Health professional
No one
27
73
TT VACCINATION
None
One
Two+
9
17
73
PLACE OF DELIVERY
Health facility
Home
5
95
DELIVERY ASSISTANCE
Health professional
Trained TBA
Untrained TBA
Relative/Other
No one
6
4
26
58
6
0 20 40 60 80 100
Percent
Note: Antenatal care was received by mothers from trained and untrained
traditional birth attendants (TBA) in relation to 0.3 percent of births each.
Ethiopia DHS 2000
Antenatal care is more beneficial in preventing adverse
pregnancy when it is sought early in the pregnancy and is
continued throughout pregnancy. Health professionals recommend
that the first antenatal visit should occur within the first three
months of the pregnancy and continue on a monthly basis through
the 28 th week of pregnancy and fortnightly up to the 36 th week (or
until birth). If the first antenatal visit is made at the third month
of pregnancy and as regularly as recommended, there will be a
total of at least 12 to 13 antenatal visits. Table 10.2 shows that
only one in ten women make four
or more antenatal care visits during their entire pregnancy. The
median number of antenatal care visits is 2.5, and this is about
five times less than the recommended number of 12 or 13 visits.
Only 6 percent of women make their first antenatal care visit
before the fourth month of pregnancy. The median duration of
pregnancy for the first antenatal care visit is 5.5 months. This
indicates that in Ethiopia women start antenatal care at a
relatively late stage of their pregnancy.
10.2 ANTENATAL CARE CONTENT
Pregnancy complications are an important source of
maternal and child morbidity and mortality, and thus teaching
pregnant women about the danger signs associated with
pregnancy and the appropriate action to be taken is an essential
component of antenatal care. Table 10.3 presents information on
the percentage of women who were informed about the signs of
pregnancy complications and the percentage who received routine
antenatal care during their last pregnancy in the five years
Table 10.2 Number of antenatal care
visits and stage of pregnancy
Percent distribution of women who had a
live birth in the five years preceding the
survey by number of antenatal care (ANC)
visits, and by the stage of pregnancy at the
time of the first visit, Ethiopia 2000
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Number and timing Percentage
of ANC visits of women 1
__________________________________
Number of ANC visits
None
1
2-3
4+
Don't know/missing
Total
Median number of visits
(for those with ANC)
Number of months
pregnant at time of
first ANC visit
No antenatal care