Africa 2010 in retrospect: Hits and misses

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Davis, Robert ^a  

^a American Red Cross   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; BED NET; CIRCUMCISION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MALARIA; MEASLES; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 78650852357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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