‘Women and babies are dying but not of Ebola’: The effect of the Ebola virus epidemic on the availability, uptake and outcomes of maternal and newborn health services in Sierra Leone

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Jones, Susan A ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Somasundari ^a   Ameh, Charles A ^a   White, Sarah ^a   Van Den Broek, Nynke R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85019748409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000065     Document Type: Article

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