Pregnant in the Time of Ebola: Women and Their Children in the 2013-2015 West African Epidemic

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Ebola’s Assault on Women, Children, and Family Reproduction: An Introduction to the Issues  (Sharon A. Abramowitz)....Pages 3-9
 Effects of the West African Ebola Epidemic on Health Care of Pregnant Women: Stigmatization With and Without Infection  (Adrienne E. Strong, David A. Schwartz)....Pages 11-30
 The Challenges of Pregnancy and Childbirth Among Women Who Were Not Infected with Ebola Virus During the 2013–2015 West African Epidemic  (Regan H. Marsh, Katherine E. Kralievits, Gretchen Williams, Mohamed G. Sheku, Kerry L. Dierberg, Kathryn Barron et al.)....Pages 31-51
 Ebola Virus Disease and Pregnancy: Perinatal Transmission and Epidemiology  (Lisa M. Bebell)....Pages 53-65
 Comprehensive Clinical Care for Infants and Children with Ebola Virus Disease  (Indi Trehan, Peter Matthew George, Charles W. Callahan)....Pages 67-85
 Ebola and Pregnant Women: Providing Maternity Care at MSF Treatment Centers  (Severine Caluwaerts, Patricia Kahn)....Pages 87-101
 Understanding the Personal Relationships and Reproductive Health Changes of Female Survivors of Ebola Infection in Liberia  (Christine L. Godwin, Alexandria Buller, Margaret Bentley, Kavita Singh)....Pages 103-120
 Gender-Based Violence Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Neglected Consequence of the West African Ebola Outbreak  (Monica Adhiambo Onyango, Kirsten Resnick, Alexandra Davis, Rupal Ramesh Shah)....Pages 121-132
 Translating Models of Support for Women with Chronic Viral Infection to Address the Reproductive Health Needs of West African Ebola Survivors  (Caroline Crystal, Laura A. Skrip, Tolbert Nyenswah, Hilary Flumo, Alison P. Galvani, David P. Durham et al.)....Pages 133-146
 Maternal and Infant Survival Following Ebola Infection: Their Exclusion from Treatment and Vaccine Trials and “Primum non nocere”  (David A. Schwartz)....Pages 147-155
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 Caring for Women in Labor at the Height of Liberia’s Ebola Crisis: The ELWA Hospital Experience  (Rick Sacra, John Fankhauser)....Pages 159-183
 Risk and Recognition: The Traditional Midwives Who Filled the Gap in the Time of Ebola  (Theresa Jones)....Pages 185-196
 Having Belly During Ebola  (Janice L. Cooper, Meekie J. Glayweon)....Pages 197-209
 Health Workers, Children, and Families: Child Protection and Communication Challenges in the Context of the Ebola Virus Epidemic in Liberia  (Dominique de Juriew)....Pages 211-218
 Maternal and Reproductive Rights: Ebola and the Law in Liberia  (Veronica Fynn Bruey)....Pages 219-242
 Uncovering More Questions: Salome Karwah and the Lingering Impact of Ebola Virus Disease on the Reproductive Health of Survivors  (Christine L. Godwin, David A. Schwartz)....Pages 243-250
 All the Mothers Are Dead: Ebola’s Chilling Effects on the Young Women of One Liberian Town Named Joe Blow  (David A. Schwartz)....Pages 251-260
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 Removing a Community Curse Resulting from the Burial of a Pregnant Woman with a Fetus in Her Womb. An Anthropological Approach Conducted During the Ebola Virus Epidemic in Guinea  (Julienne Ngoundoung Anoko, Doug Henry)....Pages 263-277
 Ebola-Related Complications for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Service Delivery and Utilization in Guinea  (Janine Barden-O’Fallon, Paul Henry Brodish, Mamadou Alimou Barry)....Pages 279-291
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 Nowhere to Go: The Challenges of Caring for Pregnant Women in Freetown During Sierra Leone’s Ebola Virus Epidemic  (Gillian Burkhardt, Elin Erland, Patricia Kahn)....Pages 295-311
 The Services and Sacrifices of the Ebola Epidemic’s Frontline Healthcare Workers in Kenema District, Sierra Leone  (Michelle M. Dynes, Laura Miller, Tamba Sam, Mohamad Alex Vandi, Barbara Tomczyk, John T. Redd)....Pages 313-328
 Taking Life ‘Off Hold’: Pregnancy and Family Formation During the Ebola Crisis in Freetown, Sierra Leone  (Jonah Lipton)....Pages 329-337
 Providing Care for Women and Children During the West African Ebola Epidemic: A Volunteer Physician’s Experiences in Makeni, Sierra Leone  (Emily Bayne)....Pages 339-364
 When the Patient Comes Third: Navigating Moral and Practical Dilemmas Amid Contexts of Pregnancy and Risk During the 2013–2015 Ebola Epidemic in Sierra Leone  (Rebecca Henderson, Kristen McLean)....Pages 365-381
 Preserving Maternal and Child Health Care in Sierra Leone During the Time of Ebola: The Experiences of Doctors with Africa  (Giovanni Putoto, Francesco Di Gennaro, Alessandro Bertoldo, GianLuca Quaglio, Damiano Pizzol)....Pages 383-397
 A Step in the Rights’ Direction: Advocacy, Negotiation, and Money as Tools for Realising the Right to Education for Pregnant Girls in Sierra Leone During the Ebola Epidemic  (Sinead Walsh, Emma Mulhern)....Pages 399-416
 Ebola Virus Disease Surveillance in Two High-Transmission Districts of Sierra Leone During the 2013–2015 Outbreak: Surveillance Methods, Implications for Maternal and Child Health, and Recommendations  (Allison M. Connolly, Alyssa J. Young)....Pages 417-435
 Ebola and Accusation: How Gender and Stigmatization Prolonged the Epidemic in Sierra Leone  (Olive Melissa Minor)....Pages 437-447
 Ebola in Rural Sierra Leone: Its Effect on the Childhood Malnutrition Programme in Tonkolili District  (Mohamed Hajidu Kamara)....Pages 449-455
 The Ebola Epidemic Halted Female Genital Cutting in Sierra Leone: Temporarily  (David A. Schwartz)....Pages 457-467
Back Matter ....Pages 469-487