The impact of the West Africa Ebola outbreak on obstetric health care in Sierra Leone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Brolin Ribacke, Kim J ^a   Van Duinen, Alex J ^b,c   Nordenstedt, Helena ^a   Höijer, Jonas ^a   Molnes, Ragnhild ^d   Froseth, Torunn Wigum ^d   Koroma, A P ^e   Darj, Elisabeth ^b,d   Bolkan, Håkon Angel ^b,c,d   Ekström, AnnaMia ^a,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c CapaCare ^*  (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; ADULT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84977660923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150080     Document Type: Article

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