Feasibility of the eight or more contacts of the WHO new antenatal care model in Cote d'Ivoire: an antenatal care providers' perspective.

This paper examines the feasibility of the eight or more ANC contacts in Cote d'Ivoire through a qualitative study among twenty antenatal care providers through individual interviews. The eight or more ANC contacts were found useful as they will allow a better follow up of the pregnancy. Main barriers were: the lack of training on the 2016 WHO ANC model, the late initiation of ANC and the fear of increased workload.

[Technical support and the immunization program performance in Côte d'Ivoire].

Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the effect of a technical support aiming to improve vaccine program performance in the 10 health districts (HDs) of Côte d'Ivoire, in which the largest numbers of children not vaccinated against measles were registered.

Method: These HDs benefited between June 2016 and May 2017, from four quarterly supportive supervisions along with technical support in health logistics and data management and quality. We had followed the evolution of the key indicators in each targeted HD and compared them to the other HDs.