Magnitude, Disparity and Predictors of Quality Antenatal Care Service: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Dr.Dereje Bayissa Demissie, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College
Firew Tiruneh Tiyare, EPHI
Ashenif Tadele, EPHI

This study aimed to estimate the magnitude, disparity, and predictors of the quality of antenatal care services. A comprehensive literature search was conducted from 2002 to September 08/2022 found that a total of 76 studies with a sample size of 940,164 were included in the final analysis. The global pooled poor quality of antenatal care service utilization was 64.28%. The study found that nearly two-thirds of pregnant women worldwide received poor-quality antenatal care services, and nearly 3/4th of pregnant women in Ethiopia received poor-quality ANC. This study discovered continental, regional, and country-level disparities in the quality of antenatal care services, with pregnant women in the Asian, African, and South American continents using low-quality antenatal care services compared to those in North America and Europe. The authors strongly recommend providing high-quality antenatal care based on WHO recommendations globally for pregnant women in need of quality services at all levels to provide quality healthcare to the target population.