More is not enough: High quantity and high quality antenatal care are both needed to prevent low birthweight in South Asia

• Main Authors: Sumanta Neupane (Author), Samuel Scott (Author), Ellen Piwoz (Author), Sunny S. Kim (Author), Purnima Menon (Author), Phuong Hong Nguyen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antenatal care (ANC) is an opportunity to receive interventions that can prevent low birth weight (LBW). We sought to 1) estimate LBW prevalence and burden in South Asia, 2) describe the number of ANC visits (quantity) and interventions received (quality), and 3) explore associations between ANC qua...