Ebola effect reverses gains in maternal, child mortality
by The Daily Eye Team October 12 2014, 6:04 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 34 secsMaternal and infant deaths in Liberia and Sierra Leone are set to rise above their current alarming rates as fear of Ebola keeps pregnant women away from hospitals and makes already-scarce health workers reluctant to deliver babies. ??t the beginning of the outbreak, health service staff were the ones getting Ebola - many of them were dying. And they had no facilities to help sufferers. People grew terrified and when news spread, everyone got scared,??said the head of maternal health for the UN Children?? Fund (UNICEF) in Sierra Leone, Augustin Kabano. ??ome centres have just two or three staff so if one dies, the whole system shuts down.??/p>