Mortality and health among internally displaced persons in western Kenya following post-election violence, 2008: Novel use of demographic surveillance;Ampliación de un programa descentralizado de tratamiento del VIH en zones rurales de KwaZulu-Natal, Sudáfrica: ¿afecta su rápida expansión a los resultados de pacientes?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 601-608

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a   Adazu, Kubaje ^a   Obor, David ^a   Ogwang, Sheila ^a   Vulule, John ^a   Hamel, Mary J ^a   Laserson, Kayla ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FORCED MIGRATION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRACY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLITICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77955999371     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.069732     Document Type: Article

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