EAN: 9783319976365

PREGNANT IN THE TIME OF EBOLA GEBUNDEN

This comprehensive account of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history examines its devastating
effects on West Africa's most vulnerable populations: pregnant women and children. Noted
experts across disciplines assess health care systems' responses to the epidemic in Liberia 
Guinea  and Sierra Leone  emphasizing key areas such as pregnancy  prenatal services 
childbirth  neonatal care  and survivor health among pregnant and non-pregnant women. The 30
chapters hone in on gender-based social issues exacerbated during the outbreak  from violence
against women and girls to barriers to female education. At the same time  chapters pinpoint
numerous areas for service delivery and policy improvements for more coordinated  effective 
and humane actions during future pandemics. A sampling of the topics: Ebola virus disease:
perinatal transmission and epidemiologyComprehensive clinical care for children with Ebola
virus diseaseMaternal and reproductive rights: Ebola and the law in LiberiaEbola-related
complications for maternal  newborn  and child health service delivery and utilization in
GuineaThe Ebola epidemic halted female genital cutting in Sierra Leone-temporarily Maternity
care for Ebola at Médecins Sans Frontières centersStigmatization of pregnant women with and
without EbolaExclusion of women and infants from Ebola treatment trialsRole of midwives during
the Ebola epidemicPregnant in the Time of Ebola is a powerful resource for public health
specialists  anthropologists  social scientists  physicians  epidemiologists  nurses  midwives
and governmental and non-governmental agency staff studying the effects of the epidemic on
women and children as a result of the most widespread Ebola outbreak to date.

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