RESEARCH ARTICLE Barriers to antenatal care s

receives during her pregnancy through a series of con-sultations with trained health care workers such as mid-wives, nurses, and sometimes a doctor who specializes in pregnancy and birth [1-3]. An analytical review of the recent World Health Statistics showed that ANC lated with maternal mortality ratio (MMR) worldwide. This indicates that countries with low ANC coverage are the countries with very high MMR [2,4-7]. For instance, ANC coverage in United Arab Emirates was 100 % with MMR of 8 per 100,000 and Ukraine had 99 % AN