TY - JOUR T1 - Integrated Person-Centered Health Care for All Women During Pregnancy: Implementing World Health Organization Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - 197 LP - 201 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00141 VL - 5 IS - 2 AU - Sarah de Masi AU - Maurice Bucagu AU - Özge Tunçalp AU - Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas AU - Theresa Lawrie AU - Olufemi T Oladapo AU - Metin Gülmezoglu Y1 - 2017/06/27 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/5/2/197.abstract N2 - The 2016 WHO guideline on routine antenatal care (ANC) recommends several health systems interventions to improve quality of care and increase use of services including: Midwife-led continuity of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periodsTask shifting components of ANC, including promotion of health-related behaviors and distribution of nutrition supplementsRecruitment and retention of health workers in rural and remote areasCommunity mobilization to improve communication and support to pregnant womenWomen-held case notesA model with a minimum of 8 antenatal care contacts In 2015, United Nations member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to continue the momentum of the Millennium Development Goals and address a broader range of development issues. The World Health Organization (WHO) identified target 3.8, universal health coverage, as the key to achieving all other health-related SDGs.1 To that end, the Every Woman Every Child movement developed the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health (2016–2030)2 with the aim of ending all preventable deaths of women, children, and adolescents and ensuring their health and well-being. The strategy provides a framework for countries to achieve the highest attainable standards of health for all women, children, and adolescents to “Survive, Thrive and Transform.”2Building on the goal of achieving universal health coverage, WHO developed a global strategy for people-centered and integrated health services,3 recommending that countries consciously consider the perspectives of individuals, families, and communities, and respond to their preferences and needs. Furthermore, “WHO envisions a world where every pregnant woman and newborn receives quality care throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period,”4 underscoring that the provision of integrated high-quality antenatal care (ANC) services is a critical part of the global agenda of achieving equitable, people-centered universal health coverage.5,6In November 2016, WHO issued … ER -