Impact of community participation and stakeholder engagement to improve community support to enhance maternal health outcomes
In the intervention area, 83.5% of women made four or more antenatal care visits during their last pregnancy at baseline and its uptake significantly increased to 90.0% (Diff-in-diff=-3.2; t = 29.69; p < 0.0001) at the end line. The Difference-In-Difference (DID) analysis revealed a net improvement of 6.5% in the intervention area with respect to changes in the control area. Regarding the place of delivery in the intervention area, 88.5% of the women had institutional delivery at baseline and its uptake improved to 97.5% at the end line. The analysis revealed a significant net improvement of 9.0% (t = 47.84; p < 0.001) after the intervention in the intervention area with respect to changes in the control area. Moreover, the findings from the end-line survey showed that in the intervention area, 96.7% (Diff-in-diff=-19.40; t = 29.69; p < 0.001) improvement in PNC visits was found while 77.3% improvement among women in the control area. The analysis revealed a significant net improvement of 19.4% in the intervention area over the control area (Table 
Impact of intervention on safe maternal care practices at baseline and post-intervention