Improving influenza surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa;Amélioration de la surveillance de la grippe en Afrique sub-Saharienne

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-305

  Steffen, C ^a   Debellut, F ^a   Gessner, B D ^a   Kasolo, F C ^b   Yahaya, A A ^b   Ayebazibwe, N ^c   Bassong, O ^d   Cardoso, Y ^d   Kebede, S ^d   Manoncourt, S ^d   Vandemaele, K A ^b   Mounts, A W ^b  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c African Field Epidemiology Network ^*  (Uganda)

^d World Health Organization ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; INFLUENZA; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOCIAL IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REGIONALIZATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAPACITY BUILDING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PANDEMICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84859390968     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.09824     Document Type: Article

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