Emergency contraceptive pill awareness in Bangladesh: missed opportunities in antenatal care and family welfare assistant visits.

Background: Despite high coverage of antenatal care (ANC) and family welfare assistant (FWA) visits, emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) awareness is critically low in Bangladesh. We aim to investigate the missed opportunities in generating ECP awareness through ANC and FWA visit programs; and assess the missed opportunities and sociodemographic discrimination in receiving family planning (FP) counseling during ANC.

Methods: We used data from the nationwide Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18.

Does mHealth voice messaging work for improving knowledge and practice of maternal and newborn healthcare?

Background: Aponjon (meaning "near and dear ones"), a mobile phone-based mHealth service, customized voice messages for expectant (6-42 weeks pregnancy) and new mothers (1-52 weeks after delivery) for promotion of recommended healthcare practices. The Aponjon system sent two voice messages per week to subscribers, tailored to the timing during pregnancy or post-partum. The current study is an external evaluation of the effect of Aponjon use on knowledge and behaviors related to maternal and newborn health (MNH) care.