Background. Antenatal care (ANC) attendance helps pregnant women to benefit from preventive and curative services. Methods.\nDeterminants for ANC attendance were identified through a cross-sectional survey in the Democratic Republic of Congo.\nSociocultural bottlenecks were assessed via focus groups discussion of married men and women. Results. In this survey, 28 of the\n500 interviewed pregnant women (5.6%) did not attend ANC services and 82.4% booked over the first trimester.The first visit is\npositively influenced by the reproductive age (OR: 0.52, 95% CI(0.28ââ?¬â??0.95),
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