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Predicting Adequate Antenatal Care Utilization Among Pregnant Women in Kenya: A Comparative Machine Learning Study Using the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey

2026-03-27

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Adequate antenatal care (ANC) is foundational to reducing maternal and perinatal mortality, yet attendance rates in sub-Saharan Africa remain far below World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. In Kenya, coverage of four or more ANC visits stands at approximately 54%, masking pronounced disparities across socioeconomic strata and geographic regions. Conventional stati...

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Literature Corpus work: e51d465e-7196-53c4-b6f4-acc041bfbfba
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9093496/v1

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