Individual and community-level factors associated with early initiation of antenatal care: Multilevel modelling of 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey.

Individual-level factors (maternal age, wealth status, educational attainment and religious affiliation) were associated with early initiation of ANC whereas variations in cluster/community characteristics contributed to the variations in early initiation of ANC seeking. The Departments of Health Promotion, Health Information Center and eHealth under the Ministry of Public Health, Cameroon, have to strengthen mass sensitisation programs on early ANC uptake and such programs should consider individual differences such as age, wealth status, education, and religious affiliation in its program design.