During the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, people’s confidence in the national health care system weakened, leading to a reduction in their use of health services.

The main measures taken to control the epidemic in the country’s Pujehun District were the organization by local health authorities of a rapid response to the crisis, the sorting-out of patients, the quarantine and isolation of those infected by the virus, clinical management and safe burial of bodies, and training and awareness-raising among the community.

Although the epidemic led to a drop in the number of patients in the District’s hospitals, the activities taken to manage it were very successful in containing the spread of infection and limiting the impact of the disease on the health of mothers and children. The aim of this study is therefore to analyze the ways in which Ebola affected maternal and infant health care services in Sierra Leone.