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Pregnant in the Time of Ebola
Women and Their Children in the 2013-2015 West African Epidemic. Global Maternal and Child Health
Synopsis
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 epidemiology
Comprehensive clinical care for children with Ebola virus disease
Maternal and reproductive rights: Ebola and the law in Liberia
Ebola-related complications for maternal, newborn, and child health service delivery and utilization in Guinea
The Ebola epidemic halted female genital cutting in Sierra Leone-temporarily
Maternity care for Ebola at Medecins Sans Frontieres centers
Stigmatization of pregnant women with and without Ebola
Exclusion of women and infants from Ebola treatment trials
Role of midwives during the Ebola epidemic
Pregnant 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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What Reviewers Are Saying
"It is an important, worthy project, and the volume is the most comprehensive work on "lessons learned" from the West Africa epidemic. It will be an invaluable resource for policy makers and practitioners faced with future health emergencies of international concern." (Catherine Bolten, African Studies Review, Vol. 63 (3), 2020)
"This is a comprehensive and detailed source book for anyone in the medical, public health, anthropology, and political fields who wish to learn about and from the Ebola epidemic of 2013-15. ... It is a rich resource from which to build in order to prevent, provide rapid intervention, and ameliorate the consequences of future Ebola outbreaks." (Joan Ann MacEachen, Doody's Book Reviews, November 8, 2019)