Open AccessRapid Assessment of Ebola-Related Implications for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Service Delivery and Utilization in Guinea
Author(s) -
Janine Barden-O’Fallon,
Megan Barry,
Paul Brodish,
Jack Hazerjian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.0b0ba06009dd091bc39ddb3c6d7b0826
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , public health , environmental health , ebola virus , population , family medicine , pediatrics , medical emergency , nursing , virology
Since March 2014, Guinea has been in the midst of the largest, longest, and deadliest outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease ever recorded. Due to sub-optimal health conditions prior to the outbreak, Guinean women and children may have been especially vulnerable to worsening health care conditions. A rapid assessment was conducted to better understand how the delivery and utilization of routine RMNCH services may have been affected by the extraordinary strain placed on the health system and its client population by the Ebola outbreak in Guinea.