Impact of antenatal care services on maternal and fetal outcomes in primary health centers

Prenatal care, often known as antenatal care (ANC), is an essential part of maternal healthcare that seeks to protect the mother's and the unborn child's health. maternal and foetal outcomes as a result of prenatal care services provided by primary health centers. Improving pregnancy outcomes is the main objective, with a focus on the importance of routine checkups, early problem detection, health education, and prompt interventions. Pregnant women who visited primary care clinics are the subjects of this descriptive and analytical study. Information is gathered from various sources such as medical records, interviews, and standardized measures of newborn and maternal health. Maternal and foetal health outcomes including birth weight, premature delivery, and problems during pregnancy are important factors, as are the frequency and quality of ANC visits. Both the mother and the baby benefit greatly from prenatal care that is both sufficient and delivered promptly. A lower risk of problems like anemia, hypertension, and infections is associated with women who participate in ANC programs on a regular basis. The decreased likelihood of low birth weight, premature delivery, and neonatal morbidity is another indicator of better foetal outcomes. Reducing poor perinatal outcomes and promoting safer deliveries (PMC) is a major goal of prenatal care, according to studies. Contrarily, IJRCog found that maternal and newborn problems and mortality were more likely when ANC was not administered.