A pregnant woman receives an ultrasound scan in Arizona. Prenatal care checks the health of the baby, teaches mothers about danger signs during pregnancy, provides special nutritional advice, and can identify conditions like anemia that can put the mother and her unborn baby at risk. Good prenatal care and voluntary testing and counseling can also minimize the risk of HIV transmission from HIV-positive parents to their unborn children.
Pregnant women should be visited by health professionals at least four times before birth, say the WHO and UNICEF, but less than 50 percent of women during the 2003-2008 period received four visits. (Source: Reuters
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