The post-Ebola baby boom: time to strengthen health systems

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10058, 2016, Pages 2331-2333

  McBain, Ryan K ^a   Wickett, Eugene ^a   Mugunga, Jean Claude ^a   Beste, Jason ^a,c   Konwloh, Patrick ^b   Mukherjee, Joia ^a,c  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LIBERIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TRENDS;

BIRTH RATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 84994791969     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31895-5     Document Type: Note

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