Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of group antenatal care on the continuum of care and perinatal outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

• Meresa Berwo Mengesha ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: meresaberu@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3645-6600

  ⨯
• Tesfaye Temesgen Chekole,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, Unit of Maternity and Reproductive Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia

  ⨯
• Hiluf Ebuy Abraha,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement Unit, Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, College of Health Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States of America

  ⨯
• Etsay Weldekidan Tsegay,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Modern and Traditional Medicine Research, Tigray Health Research Institute, Mekelle, Ethiopia

  ⨯
• Abadi Hailay Atsbaha,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia

  ⨯
• Mihretab Gebreslassie,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

  ⨯
• Zenawi Hagos Gufue

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2236-5524

  ⨯