WHO Antenatal Care Recommendations for a Positive Pregnancy Experience

General Medicine

This updated recommendation is relevant to all pregnant women and adolescent girls receiving ANC in any health-care facility or community-based setting and to their fetuses and newborns. The guideline question was prioritized during the WHO 2016 ANC guideline development process. In 2019, the recommendation was prioritized for updating in the context of WHO’s living guideline commitment (10). The outcomes of interests are, therefore, the same as those prioritized for the ANC guideline relevant to nutritional interventions (Box 1).