Health care during ante natal period is commonly understood to have beneficial
impact on pregnancy and birth outcomes through early diagnosis and treatment of complications
as well as promoting the health of the pregnant woman through nutrition. Antenatal care
services create the opportunity for service providers to establish contact with the woman to
identify and manage current and potential risks and problems during pregnancy. It also creates
the opportunity for the woman and her care providers to establish a delivery plan based on her
needs, resources and circumstances. The study is aimed to assess antenatal health care among
rural women in Rwanda. A sample of 200 respondents was randomly selected from 10 villages.
Schedule method was used for data collection and analysis was done through frequency and
percentage. The result revealed that majority of respondents (82%) had undergone 3 to 4 ANC
visit. It has been observed that 76 percent of the respondents had experienced health problem in
pregnancy such as Swelling of hand and feet (39%), severe vomiting (28%) and fever (6%) and
Blurred vision (3%). Majority (92%) of them gave birth at government health facilities and those
who had complications got treatment at government hospital. It is essential to bring more
awareness among rural women about pregnancy related problems and care to be taken during
that period .In this paper an attempt has been made to assess the extent of health care during
antenatal period among rural women in Ruhango district at Rwanda (East Africa).