Skilled provider: are persons with midwifery skills (Physicians, Nurses, Midwives, and Health Officers) who can manage normal deliveries and diagnose, manage or refer obstetric complications.
Economical and easily scalable, DCTclock administration doesn't require a highly skilled provider, and it can be employed in non-English speaking areas.
Only 43.1% of women in Amhara region received ANC from skilled provider [14].
About 40%% of interviewed women received ANC care from a skilled provider for their most recent birth.
Recall that by adequate care we mean that the care is obtained from a skilled provider, the mother makes at least four visits, and the first visit is initiated within four months of pregnancy.
ANC from a skilled provider ranges from a low of 15%% in the Somali region, 28%% in Afar Region, and up to a high of 94 % in Addis Ababa (EDHS 2014).
Adequate prenatal care 1 if prenatal care is sought from a skilled provider (doctor or nurse), the total number of visits is at least four, and the first prenatal care visit occurs within four months of pregnancy; 0 otherwise.
Although 70% of women mentioned receiving antenatal care by a skilled provider, only 54.5% had four or more visits.
Antenatal care four times during pregnancy from a skilled provider is recommended by WHO since 1994 [21] and is shown to be associated with improved maternal and neonatal mortality [25], [26] Women in our study sample did seek antenatal care from a skilled provider however they did not do it for the required frequency.
Antenatal care during pregnancy was dichotomized into "appropriate care" that is women having ≥4 visits from a skilled provider (doctor) as recommended by WHO[21] and "inappropriate care" where women had <4 visits from a skilled provider or had antenatal care from unskilled providers such as TBAs, LHWs or relatives.
Misoprostol requires no injection supplies or skilled provider for administration.
