A research conducted on the impact of the Ebola outbreak on routine maternal health services in Sierra Leone has revealed a 31% decline in the number of women delivering in health facilities from May to September 2014. The report says there was a corresponding rise in maternal case fatality rate in CEmONC facilities from 1.27 to 3.08.
The report of the research, which was carried out by Voluntary Services Overseas Sierra Leone in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, was officially launched yesterday at the Sierra Light House in Freetown.
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