Launching the first postgraduate diploma in medical entomology and disease vector control in Pakistan;Lancement du premier diplôme postuniversitaire en entomologie médicale et lutte contre les vecteurs de maladies au Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Rathor, H R ^a   Mnzava, A ^b   Bile, K M ^b   Hafeez, A ^a   Zaman, S ^c  

^a HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Public Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STAFF TRAINING; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 77957108569     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.supp.76     Document Type: Article

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