title: Antenatal and postnatal care: a review of innovative models for improving availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services in low-resource settings.
abstract: Key lessons can be drawn from innovative approaches that have been implemented to ensure access to better antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC). This paper examines the successes and challenges of ANC and PNC delivery models in several settings around the world; discusses the lessons to be learned from them; and makes recommendations for future programmes. Based on this review, we conclude that close monitoring of ANC and PNC quality and delivery models, health workforce support, appropriate use of electronic technologies, integrated care, a woman-friendly perspective, and adequate infrastructure are key elements of successful programmes that benefit the health and wellbeing of women, their newborns and families. However, a full evaluation of care delivery models is needed to establish their acceptability, accessibility, availability and quality.
  
  
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  New paper examines global innovations in antenatal/postnatal care @MHTF @ICS_Integrare #MNCH #healthsystems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kearns
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Caglia
authors.affiliation: ICS Integrare, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ten Hoope-Bender
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000517:prevention & control; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D000068101:Maternal-Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement
keywords: Antenatal care; health systems; postnatal care; quality of care