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Maternal health services declined in all three major affected countries (Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia)

 In Sierra Leone facilities offering basic emergency, obstetric care saw facility based deliveries drop from 27-37% during the second half of 2014. In Liberia facility based deliveries in August to October dropped from 650 average per month to 200 per month.  In Guinea in the first two regions affected by the outbreak saw 74-81% decline in facility based deliveries.

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Antenatal, postnatal and family planning type services declined in all three major affected countries (Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia)

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As well as a decrease in utilization applied to children's health service in all three major affected countries (Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia)

All countries saw significant decreases in seeing children for diarrhea and acute respiratory infections as well as vaccinations. In Sierra Leon 21% decrease in receiving pentavalent vaccines, in Guiana 18-32% decrease.An estimated 778,000 children between ages of 9 months to 5 years old were unvaccinated  before the outbreak now it is estimated to have doubled to 1,500,000. 

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The results estimated that maternal mortality would increase 28% in Guinea, 74% in Sierra Leone, and 111% in Liberia as well as a total of 6,700 infant death and 14,100 children under the age of 5 deaths per year due to the death of healthcare corkers during the EVD outbreak. 

© 2018 by JOHN SCHRECKENGAUST AND SAWYER SIMO

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