Improving antenatal care using WHO recommendations: an implementation research study in Africa and India

Not Applicable

• Conditions: antenatal care; Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16610902
• Lead Sponsor: World Health Organization

Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37563619/ (added 14/08/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-05-27
• Last Update Posted: 12 August 2024
• Study Completion: 2024-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 37440

Inclusion Criteria

1. Health-workers at selected facilities.
2. Women presenting for their first ANC contact who provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Health facilities where the management does not agree to participate in the study.
2. Pregnant women who do not provide consent (all study components).
3. Health workers who do not consent (qualitative components).
4. Women who do not reside in the catchment area of selected health care facilities. (India)
5. Women who also sought ANC services from non-public health platforms like private sector providers (Rwanda).
6. For the cohort study component in Burkina Faso and India, women at more than 16- or 20-weeks gestation, respectively, will be excluded.
7. For the cohort study, women with pre-identified complications will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified