Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

The Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2014-2016 had a substantial impact on population health in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This study aimed to assess whether the impact continued after the outbreak ended regarding child mortality. Cross-sectional logistic regressions were run using data from...

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Main Author:	Eun Kim, Young
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2022
Subjects:	EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK CHILD MORTALITY HEALTH SERVICE UTLIZATION GUINEA LIBERIA SIERRA LEONE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37995

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spelling	okr-10986-379952022-09-14T05:10:40Z Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone Eun Kim, Young EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK CHILD MORTALITY HEALTH SERVICE UTLIZATION GUINEA LIBERIA SIERRA LEONE The Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2014-2016 had a substantial impact on population health in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This study aimed to assess whether the impact continued after the outbreak ended regarding child mortality. Cross-sectional logistic regressions were run using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys in the three countries. The average child mortality rate was significantly lower for children born after the outbreak than for those born before. However, the association of the child mortality rate with an increase in the number of Ebola cases per 100,000 people was significantly stronger for children born after the outbreak ended. Also, the change in the utilization of maternal health services after the outbreak varied across health services. Restoring disrupted child health services to pre-Ebola levels may be more difficult in areas that suffered a higher number of Ebola cases. The recovery of maternal health services after the outbreak might be affected by factors such as the resilience of health systems at the subnational level. This study suggests that strengthening the health system is crucial to fully recover from the Ebola outbreak and cope with future epidemics. 2022-09-13T05:47:17Z 2022-09-13T05:47:17Z 2022-09-01 Journal Article International Journal of Infectious Diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37995 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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topic	EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK CHILD MORTALITY HEALTH SERVICE UTLIZATION GUINEA LIBERIA SIERRA LEONE
spellingShingle	EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK CHILD MORTALITY HEALTH SERVICE UTLIZATION GUINEA LIBERIA SIERRA LEONE Eun Kim, Young Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
description	The Ebola virus disease outbreak in 2014-2016 had a substantial impact on population health in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. This study aimed to assess whether the impact continued after the outbreak ended regarding child mortality. Cross-sectional logistic regressions were run using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys in the three countries. The average child mortality rate was significantly lower for children born after the outbreak than for those born before. However, the association of the child mortality rate with an increase in the number of Ebola cases per 100,000 people was significantly stronger for children born after the outbreak ended. Also, the change in the utilization of maternal health services after the outbreak varied across health services. Restoring disrupted child health services to pre-Ebola levels may be more difficult in areas that suffered a higher number of Ebola cases. The recovery of maternal health services after the outbreak might be affected by factors such as the resilience of health systems at the subnational level. This study suggests that strengthening the health system is crucial to fully recover from the Ebola outbreak and cope with future epidemics.
format	Journal Article
author	Eun Kim, Young
author_facet	Eun Kim, Young
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title	Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
title_short	Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
title_full	Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
title_fullStr	Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
title_full_unstemmed	Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
title_sort	child mortality after the ebola virus disease outbreak across guinea, liberia, and sierra leone
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2022
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Child mortality after the Ebola virus disease outbreak across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

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