Housing equity for health equity: A rights-based approach to the control of Lassa fever in post-war Sierra Leone

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kelly, J Daniel ^a   Barrie, M Bailor ^b   Ross, Rachel A ^c   Temple, Brian A ^d   Moses, Lina M ^e   Bausch, Daniel G ^e,f  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Infectious Diseases Unit   (Sierra Leone)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Global Health Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Arenavirus; Global health; Health equity; Housing equity; Lassa fever; Mastomys natalensis; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EQUITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RODENT; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WAR; AFRICA; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAT; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LASSA FEVER, ARENAVIRUS, MASTOMYS NATALENSIS, HOUSING EQUITY, HEALTH EQUITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, GLOBAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATS; SIERRA LEONE; WAR;

LASSA FEVER, ARENAVIRUS, MASTOMYS NATALENSIS, HOUSING EQUITY, HEALTH EQUITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, GLOBAL HEALTH;

EID: 84871674331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-2     Document Type: Article

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