Assessment of effective coverage of antenatal care and factors affecting its outcome in Ethiopia

Overall, the antenatal care Effective coverage in Ethiopia is low. This could be due to low service contact coverage and high dropout during the antenatal follow-up period. Access to facilities and socio-demographic variables also affect the effectiveness of coverage. To increase the numbers of ANC visits and their completion, providing comprehensive and continuous education to the community are needed and the health system should refocus on improving the quality of ANC services.