Abstract
Abstract
Background
Ebola outbreaks pose a major threat to global public health, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. These outbreaks disrupt the already fragile maternal health services in West Africa. The aims of this study is to assess the effect of Ebola virus disease (EVD) on maternal health service utilisation and perinatal outcomes.
Methods
This systematic review was conducted in West Africa, and the databases used were Medline, PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, EMBASE and African journals online. Studies that reported the effect of the Ebola outbreak on maternal health services in West Africa were eligible for this systematic review. The search was limited to articles written in the English language only and published between 2013 and 2020. Three authors independently appraised the articles, and the data were extracted using a standardised data extraction format. The findings were synthesised using a narrative summary, tables, and figures.
Results
Twelve studies met the inclusion criteria and were used for this systematic review synthesis. The results showed that antenatal care significantly decreased during Ebola virus disease and strove to recover post-Ebola virus disease. Women were less likely to have institutional childbirth during Ebola virus disease and struggled to recover post-Ebola virus disease. In addition, this review revealed a substantially higher rate of maternal mortality post EVD than those observed before or during the outbreak.
Conclusion
Based on our findings, antenatal care, institutional childbirth, and postnatal care are attempting to recover post-Ebola virus disease. We recommended that responsible bodies and stakeholders need to prepare locally tailored interventions to increase the number of women attending ANC, institutional childbirth, and PNC services post-EVD and future outbreaks including COVID-19. In order to build trust, creating community networks between health care providers and trusted community leaders may increase the number of women attending antenatal care (ANC), institutional childbirth and postnatal care (PNC) post-EVD and during future outbreaks. Further studies are needed to examine health centre and hospital availability and accessibility, and capacity to deliver maternal health services post-Ebola virus disease and future outbreaks.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Obstetrics and Gynecology,Reproductive Medicine
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