Enhancing access to emergency obstetric care through surgical task shifting in Sierra Leone: Confrontation with Ebola during recovery from civil war

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-7

  Milland, Maria ^a,b   Bolkan, Håkon Angell ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SIERRA LEONE; SURGICAL TRAINING; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIERRA LEONE; WAR;

EID: 84919362833     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12540     Document Type: Review

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