A successful response to an outbreak of cholera in Afghanistan

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-20

  Kakar, Faizullah ^a   Ahmadzai, Abdul Hamid ^a   Habib, Najibullah ^b   Taqdeer, Asadullah ^c   Hartman, A Frederick ^b,d  

^a Ministry of Public Health

^b Management Sciences for Health   (Afghanistan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Management Sciences for Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFGHANISTAN; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS;

EID: 43049164500     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2006.006336     Document Type: Article

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