Antenatal care visits to be doubled to reduce maternal deaths, stillbirths

Pregnant women have to visit health facilities at least eight times for antenatal care, every 15 days, after 36 weeks. More than 1,600 nurses are hired to provide postnatal care at home.

In a bid to lessen the existing maternal and child death rates, the Ministry of Health and Population has been working to double antenatal care visits from the next fiscal year.