{"id":2170,"date":"2024-11-07T11:11:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T08:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2024-11-07T11:12:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T08:12:35","slug":"the-impact-of-a-community-health-worker-intervention-on-uptake-of-antenatal-care-a-cluster-randomized-pragmatic-trial-in-dar-es-salaam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/2024\/11\/07\/the-impact-of-a-community-health-worker-intervention-on-uptake-of-antenatal-care-a-cluster-randomized-pragmatic-trial-in-dar-es-salaam\/","title":{"rendered":"The impact of a community health worker intervention on uptake of antenatal care: a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial in Dar es Salaam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-11.08.50-1024x370.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-11.08.50-1024x370.png 1024w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-11.08.50-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-11.08.50-768x277.png 768w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-11.08.50-365x132.png 365w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-11.08.50.png 1484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The provision of high-quality antenatal care (ANC) is important for preventing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, but only around half of pregnant women in Tanzania attended four or more ANC visits in 2019. 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