An infant whose mother did not attend an antenatal clinic is four times likely to die during the first month after birth compared to a child whose parent sought prenatal services four or more times. An article titled The Effectiveness of antenatal care services in reducing neonatal mortality in Kenya: analysis of national survey data, published a month ago in the health journal, Global Health Action, also says children whose mothers got unskilled antenatal clinic (ANC) attendance had 3.5 times higher chances of dying than those under trained health providers.
The article was compiled by Malachi Arunda, a public health researcher based in Sweden, together with Anders Emmelin and Benedict Oppong Asamoah, a maternal and reproductive health specialist.
