Counting indirect crisis-related deaths in the context of a low-resilience health system: The case of maternal and neonatal health during the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages iii32-iii39

  Sochas, Laura ^a   Channon, Andrew Amos ^b   Nam, Sara ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Options Consultancy Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emergent infections; health care utilization; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SIERRA LEONE; STILLBIRTH; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; EPIDEMICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; SIERRA LEONE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 85040111312     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx108     Document Type: Article

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