Ante-Natal Care (ANC)
The WHO recommends that pregnant women should all receive at least eight antenatal visits to spot and treat problems and give immunizations. Although antenatal care is important to improve the health of both mother and baby, many women do not receive eight visits.
What is basic antenatal care?
Antenatal care options generally include:
Basic Antenatal Care (BANC) is an approach that is used in the public health institutions of South Africa to provide health care services to pregnant women according to the National Department of Health (NDoH).
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
Intrauterine insemination ( IUI ) — a type of artificial insemination — is a procedure for treating infertility. Sperm that have been washed and concentrated are placed directly in your uterus around the time your ovary releases one or more eggs to be fertilized.
What are the objectives of antenatal care?
What are the objectives of antenatal care?
The aims of antenatal care are to optimise maternal and fetal health, to offer women maternal and fetal screening, to make medical or social interventions available to women where indicated, to improve women's experience of pregnancy and birth and to prepare women for motherhood whatever their risk status.
