Services for mothers and newborns during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia: The need for improvement in emergencies

PLoS Currents

Volumn 7, Issue OUTBREAKS, 2015, Pages

  Iyengar, Preetha ^a   Kerber, Kate ^a   Howe, Cuallah Jabbeh ^b   Dahn, Bernice ^b  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

Author keywords

Ebola

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 84958581072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.4ba318308719ac86fbef91f8e56cb66f     Document Type: Article

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