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In many low-income countries, a random calendar dictates how people receive care: Monday is for vaccinations, Tuesday for antenatal care, Wednesday for family planning.
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Melinda Gates, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2020
The country’s health system had historically been one of the world’s worst, but the maternal death rate had dropped more than 50 percent since 1990, and some level of antenatal care was almost universal.
—Melinda Gates, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2020
Kuol said the clinic faces shortages of medicines including malaria drugs, post-rape drugs, antenatal drugs and others, again because of waning donor support.
—Deng MacHol, ajc, 30 Oct. 2022
The updated advice means that women may have their partner or support person with them in the birth unit and postnatal and antenatal wards during the current COVID-19 outbreak where Greater Sydney is in lockdown.
—Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
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Melinda Gates, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2020
The country’s health system had historically been one of the world’s worst, but the maternal death rate had dropped more than 50 percent since 1990, and some level of antenatal care was almost universal.
—Melinda Gates, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2020
Kuol said the clinic faces shortages of medicines including malaria drugs, post-rape drugs, antenatal drugs and others, again because of waning donor support.
—Deng MacHol, ajc, 30 Oct. 2022
The updated advice means that women may have their partner or support person with them in the birth unit and postnatal and antenatal wards during the current COVID-19 outbreak where Greater Sydney is in lockdown.
—Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antenatal
prenatal
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Obstetricians and fertility specialists say access to adequate prenatal care, insurance coverage and nutritious foods during pregnancy can help shape maternal outcomes.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Its cause isn’t fully understood, but factors including genetics as well as advanced parental age, prenatal exposure to air pollution or certain pesticides, and other environmental influences are thought to play a role.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Antenatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antenatal. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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