Attendance at antenatal clinics in inner-city Johannesburg South Africa and its associations with birth outcomes: analysis of data from birth registers at three facilities

摘要

BackgroundAntenatal care (ANC) clinics serve as key gateways to screening and treatment interventions that improve pregnancy outcomes, and are especially important for HIV-infected women. By disaggregating data on access to ANC, we aimed to identify variation in ANC attendance by level of care and across vulnerable groups in inner-city Johannesburg, and document the impact of non-attendance on birth outcomes.