The prenatal consultation is the favorite moment to link the pregnant woman and her family to the existing health system and battle against the infant and women mortality. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is included among the countries in process of development having the pregnant women mortality rate more higher e.g. 846 by 100000 the living birth. This rate is different either provinces and inter urban and rural environment.
The aim for our descriptive and analytic study is to give the profile of prenatal cares on the sanitary district of Equateur. Our sample provide to the survey of the PARSS-DRC project. We have observed women 15 to 49 years old, living in health district of Equateur province in rural zones delivering in the 12th last month before our survey. The outcomes are obtained by SPSS.20 Software, it’s show that : 79% of pregnant women are had the prenatal cares. 27% of pregnant women are had 4 prenatal consultations according WHO prescription. 77% of pregnant women realize that pregnancy is dangerous at pregnant women. 56,6% had been informed during the consultation moments about the signs of pregnancy complications. The logistic model show that the cognitive factors are in favor of the prenatal cares for a pregnant woman.
We assume that the DRC state must stay put the communication network about prenatal cares and the continuous training in favor of health agent and in particular the assist at birth women.