WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank, Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017, WHO, Geneva, 2019. UNICEF, The State of the World’s Children 2021, UNICEF, New York, 2021. World Health Organization, 2016, WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience 2016. UNICEF, 2019, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Taking stock of maternal health, New York 2019. In addition, antenatal care coverage increases with wealth, with those in the richest quintile being twice as likely to receive at least four antenatal care visits than those in the poorest quintile, with a wealth gap of 34 percentage points (77 per cent and 43 per cent, respectively). Women living in urban areas are more likely to receive at least four antenatal care visits than those living in rural areas, with an urban-rural gap of 22 percentage points (78 per cent and 56 per cent, respectively). Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunhaĭespite progress being made, large regional and global disparities in women receiving at least four antenatal care visits are observed by residence and wealth.
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