PREVALENCE OF POSTNATALCARE UTILIZATION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS IN SODO ZURIA DISTRICT, WOLAITA ZONE, SOUTH ETHIOPIA, 2016

Background: Maternal mortality ratios strongly reflect the overall effectiveness
of health systems. Many low- income developing countries were suffering from
administrative, inadequate financial investment, cultural influences, lack of
education husbands and wives, lack of skilled health personnel and distance of
health facilities. Of which huge maternal mortality ratio (almost more than -half of
deaths) takes place within postnatal period.
Objectives : To assess prevalence of postnatal care utilization and its associated
factors among mothers who delivered within last twelve months in Sodo Zuria
District of Wolaita Zone; Southern Ethiopia, 2015/2016.