Antenatal Care and Supplementation

Uses

Risks & contraindications

Highlighted claims

• First-trimester antenatal care attendance was low among mothers of affected births. — Burden of birth defects in a war and siege-affected region: a retrospective hospital-based cross-sectional study from Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia
• First-trimester folate supplementation was low among mothers of affected births. — Burden of birth defects in a war and siege-affected region: a retrospective hospital-based cross-sectional study from Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia
• The article identifies early antenatal care and periconceptional folate or multivitamin supplementation as major prevention targets. — Burden of birth defects in a war and siege-affected region: a retrospective hospital-based cross-sectional study from Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia
• The public health response should improve access to early antenatal care and periconceptional supplementation. — Burden of birth defects in a war and siege-affected region: a retrospective hospital-based cross-sectional study from Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia