Is antenatal care effective? Experimental evidence from rural Nigeria

Yoshito Takasaki and Ryoko Sato
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Ryoko Sato: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Nobuhiko Fuwa

No CIRJE-F-1107, CIRJE F-Series from CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

Abstract: This paper examines whether antenatal care (ANC) practiced in rural Nigeria improves maternal and child health behaviors and outcomes. We randomize a cash incentive for one ANC visit and information about ANC at the village level. We examine the impacts of these one-shot interventions in the sequence of prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods, over two years after birth. Non-incentivized subsequent ANC visits increased through learning from the incentivized visit (i.e., sustainability). Making the recommended ANC visits did not affect intrapartum care/outcomes, postnatal care, or child mortality. ANC was ineffective due to its low quality and limited female empowerment.

Pages: 80 pages
Date: 2018-12
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