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Facility-Based Delivery during the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic in Rural Liberia: Analysis from a Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Household Survey.

John LyVidiya SathananthanThomas GriffithsZahir KanjeeAvi KennyNicholas GordonGaurab BasuDale BattistoliLorenzo DorrBreeanna LorenzenDana R ThomsonAmi WatersUriah G MooreRuth RobertsWilmot L SmithMark J SiednerJohn D Kraemer
Published in: PLoS medicine (2016)
We detected a 30% decreased odds of FBD after the start of EVD in a rural Liberian county with relatively few cases. Because health facilities never closed in Rivercess County, this estimate may under-approximate the effect seen in the most heavily affected areas. These are the first population-based survey data to show collateral disruptions to facility-based delivery caused by the West African EVD epidemic, and they reinforce the need to consider the full spectrum of implications caused by public health emergencies.
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