Challenges of controlling sleeping sickness in areas of violent conflict: Experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Conflict and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tong, Jacqueline ^a   Valverde, Olaf ^b   Mahoudeau, Claude ^a   Yun, Oliver ^a   Chappuis, François ^a,c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative DNDi   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79959367113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1505-5-7     Document Type: Article

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