ArticleInternational health2020
Utilization of maternity waiting homes: before, during, and after the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Bong County, Liberia.
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- Maternity Waiting Home Interventions as a Strategy for Improving Birth Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis.Annals of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Indirect Effects of Ebola Virus Disease Epidemics on Health Systems in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia: A Scoping Review Supplemented with Expert Interviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Understanding maternity waiting home uptake and scale-up within low-income and middle-income countries: a programme theory from a realist review and synthesis.BMJ global health · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundMaternity 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.
methodsLongitudinal data were collected from registries on MWH use, antenatal care, postnatal care and facility deliveries from 2012 to 2016 to assess MWH utilization.
resultsAll indicators examined declined during the EVD outbreak, but within 6 months of the cessation of the outbreak they returned to pre-EVD levels.
conclusionsFindings suggest MWH utilization remained stable after international funding ceased and EV affected the region.
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