Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia

BACKGROUND: Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are used to increase the number of women delivering at health care facilities. The first MWHs in Liberia were opened in 2012, prior to the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. METHODS: Longitudinal data were collected from registries on MWH use, antenatal ca...

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Autores principales: Perosky, Joseph E, McLean, Karina Z, Kofa, Alphonso, Nyanplu, Aloysius, Munro-Kramer, Michelle L, Lori, Jody R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31294786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihz039
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author Perosky, Joseph E
McLean, Karina Z
Kofa, Alphonso
Nyanplu, Aloysius
Munro-Kramer, Michelle L
Lori, Jody R
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McLean, Karina Z
Kofa, Alphonso
Nyanplu, Aloysius
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Lori, Jody R
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description BACKGROUND: Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are used to increase the number of women delivering at health care facilities. The first MWHs in Liberia were opened in 2012, prior to the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. METHODS: Longitudinal data were collected from registries on MWH use, antenatal care, postnatal care and facility deliveries from 2012 to 2016 to assess MWH utilization. RESULTS: All indicators examined declined during the EVD outbreak, but within 6 months of the cessation of the outbreak they returned to pre-EVD levels. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest MWH utilization remained stable after international funding ceased and EV affected the region.
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spelling pubmed-69642262020-01-23 Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia Perosky, Joseph E McLean, Karina Z Kofa, Alphonso Nyanplu, Aloysius Munro-Kramer, Michelle L Lori, Jody R Int Health Short Communications BACKGROUND: Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are used to increase the number of women delivering at health care facilities. The first MWHs in Liberia were opened in 2012, prior to the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. METHODS: Longitudinal data were collected from registries on MWH use, antenatal care, postnatal care and facility deliveries from 2012 to 2016 to assess MWH utilization. RESULTS: All indicators examined declined during the EVD outbreak, but within 6 months of the cessation of the outbreak they returned to pre-EVD levels. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest MWH utilization remained stable after international funding ceased and EV affected the region. Oxford University Press 2019-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6964226/ /pubmed/31294786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihz039 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Perosky, Joseph E
McLean, Karina Z
Kofa, Alphonso
Nyanplu, Aloysius
Munro-Kramer, Michelle L
Lori, Jody R
Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia
title Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia
title_full Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia
title_fullStr Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia
title_short Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia
title_sort utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the ebola virus disease outbreak in bong county, liberia
topic Short Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6964226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31294786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihz039
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