Maternal Health Care in the Time of Ebola: A Mixed-Method Exploration of the Impact of the Epidemic on Delivery Services in Monrovia

World Development

Volumn 98, Issue , 2017, Pages 169-178

  Gizelis, Theodora Ismene ^a   Karim, Sabrina ^b   Østby, Gudrun ^c   Urdal, Henrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ebola; health; Liberia; maternal care; Monrovia

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION;

LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA]; MONROVIA;

EID: 85019991022     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.027     Document Type: Article

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