KNOWLEDGE AND UTILIZATION OF ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES BY WOMEN VISITING OBS. OPD JINNAH HOSPITAL LAHORE
| Main Authors: | Sajeela Riaz, Aqsa Tariq, Ali Bin Tariq |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
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, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4439215 |
Daftar Isi:
- ANTENATAL CARE (ANC) is a branch of preventive medicine dealing with pre-symptomatic diagnosis of general medical disorders, nutrition, immunology, health education and social medicine in addition to prevention and and early detection of pregnancy disorders. It is an essential link in the Household-to-hospital continuum of care that aims at providing healthy baby to healthy mother .Its awareness is of vital significance for the maintenance of sound health of pregnant mother and intrauterine baby. All over the world, Africa is the place with highest maternal death and lowest child health. in Pakistan, hilly areas like chitral has most LBW(low birth weight) deliveries.