How to Use antenatal in a Sentence

antenatal

adjective
  • And antenatal corticosteroids will be rolled out around the world to treat lung disorders that are a major cause of newborn mortality.
    Stat Staff, STAT, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Part of the solution to infant mortality is making sure emotional care is part of antenatal care.
    cleveland, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The team at Pumwani recruits donor mothers in the neonatal ward and antenatal clinics, connecting them with nutritionists and counselors who explain the process, which is unpaid and voluntary.
    Annabelle Timsit, Quartz Africa, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Last year, another study linked the work of ASHAs to a rise in antenatal care visits and a near doubling of institutional deliveries, or babies born inside a health facility.
    Hema Ramaprasad and Reshmi Chakraborty, CNN, 31 May 2020
  • For example, a couple at your antenatal class declare their plan to delay vaccination.
    Maryke Steffens, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2019
  • In many poor countries, expensive antenatal tests to identify genetic diseases are not available.
    The Economist, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Cambodia, Senegal, and Rwanda have made the biggest strides since 2005 in reducing inequalities in access to contraception, antenatal care and skilled birth attendants, and cutting neonatal deaths among the poorest mothers, the report found.
    Kieran Guilbert, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2017
  • New mothers, like Yasmin’s mother, also receive vital care there — at least eight antenatal visits as well as breastfeeding counseling and family-planning services after birth.
    Kathy Calvin, Time, 12 May 2018
  • The impact evaluation found that 21 months after the intervention, women experienced less intimate partner violence, men went to more antenatal clinic visits with their wives, and men reported better supporting their wives during pregnancy.
    Annabelle Timsit, Quartz Africa, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Pregnancy, Prescribed Prenatal depression (also known as antenatal depression) is a type of clinical depression that affects women during their pregnancy.
    Glamour, 3 Dec. 2019
  • This inequality probably reflects both earlier diagnosis of women, whose HIV status is checked routinely at antenatal clinics, and a more responsible female attitude towards taking any drugs prescribed.
    The Economist, 20 July 2017
  • The patient is a pregnant woman being admitted for delivery or presenting for prenatal care, ultrasound, genetic counseling and/or associated procedure, antenatal testing, or other prenatal visit.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2020

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