Effect of the 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak on reproductive health services in a rural district of Guinea: An ecological study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 22-29

  Camara, Bienvenu S ^a   Delamou, Alexandre ^a,b   Diro, Ermias ^c   Béavogui, Abdoul H ^d   El Ayadi, Alison M ^e   Sidibé, Sidikiba ^a   Grovogui, Fassou M ^d   Takarinda, Kudakwashe C ^f   Bouedouno, Patrice ^d   Sandouno, Sah D ^a   Okumura, Junko ^g   Baldé, Mamadou D ^a   Van Griensven, Johan ^b   Zachariah, Rony ^h  

^a Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry   (Guinea)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^d Centre National de Formation Et de Recherche en Santé Rurale de Maferinyah   (Guinea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ebola; Guinea; Health service utilization; Health systems; Operational research; Sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNITY WARD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019243802     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trx009     Document Type: Article

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