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Lessons learned from applying a “Rapid Maternal Death Surveillance and Response” tool in conflict-affected Tigray, Ethiopia

Black B, Rijnberg N, Solomon K, Kahsay D, Gebru M,  et al.
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-10-06 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Women in humanitarian settings face high maternal mortality, yet Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) systems are lacking. Medical teams in Tigray, Ethiopia, designed and p...

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Ebola viral disease and pregnancy

Black B, Caluwaerts C, 
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Obstetrics in the time of Ebola: challenges and dilemmas in providing lifesaving care during a deadly epidemic

Black B
2014-12-17 • BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2014-12-17 • BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Describing readmissions to an ebola case management centre (CMC), Sierra Leone, 2014

Fitzpatrick G, Vogt F, Gbabai O, Black B, Santantonio M,  et al.
2014-10-09 • Eurosurveillance
2014-10-09 • Eurosurveillance
Case management centres (CMCs) are part of the outbreak control plan for Ebola virus disease (EVD). A CMC in Sierra Leone had 33% (138/419) of primary admissions discharged as EVD negati...

Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone: key findings from mixed-methods health-seeking behaviour study

Lavilla KM, Teal J, Schausberger B, Sankoh M, Conteh AB,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022

Maternal and child health care seeking behaviour: a household survey and interview study in an urban and rural area of Sierra Leone, 2016

Elston JWT, Snag S, Kazungu DS, Jimissa A, Caleo GNC,  et al.
2018-07-01
2018-07-01
To describe health seeking behaviour during pregnancy, for childbirth and in children under the age of five years, and to identify barriers to accessing and receiving healthcare services...
Achar J
2015-09-08 • Obstetric Medicine
2015-09-08 • Obstetric Medicine
Ebola viral disease’s interaction with pregnancy is poorly understood and remains a particular challenge for medical and para-medical personnel responding to an outbreak. This r...

Maternal health after Ebola: unmet needs and barriers to healthcare in rural Sierra Leone

Elston JWT, Danis K, Gray NSB, West H, West KP,  et al.
2019-11-07 • Health Policy and Planning
2019-11-07 • Health Policy and Planning
Sierra Leone has the world’s highest estimated maternal mortality. Following the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak, we described health outcomes and health-seeking behaviour amongst pregnant women ...

Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in humanitarian settings: insights and experiences of humanitarian health practitioners and global technical expert meeting attendees

Russell N, Tappis H, Mwanga JP, Black B, Thapa K,  et al.
2022-05-07 • Conflict and Health
2022-05-07 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) is a system of identifying, analyzing and learning lessons from such deaths in order to respond to and preve...

A call to safeguard sexual and reproductive health information and services during Ebola outbreaks

Tran NT, Lichtenstein D, Black B, Rosmini A, Schulte-Hillen C
2021-07-10 • Conflict and Health
2021-07-10 • Conflict and Health
The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks in 2021 exemplify how sexual and reproductive health services are too often considered unessential during health emergencies. Bleeding for ...

Pregnancy in an Ebola outbreak—protecting women and health workers

Black B
2022-10-28 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2022-10-28 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Efforts to contain the spread of Ebola shouldn’t compromise healthcare for women experiencing pregnancy complications.

Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone: key findings from mixed-methods health-seeking behaviour study

Lavilla KM, Teal J, Schausberger B, Sankoh M, Conteh AB,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
MSF and the MoHS implemented a partnership model of free and accessible maternal and child healthcare at primary and hospital-level health facilities in Tonkolili Distri...