Cautious optimism on public health in post-earthquake Haiti

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9866, 2013, Pages 517-519

  Vertefeuille, John F ^a   Dowell, Scott F ^a   Domercant, Jean W ^a,b   Tappero, Jordan W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; CHOLERA VACCINE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRINKING WATER; MEASLES RUBELLA VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE;

CHOLERA; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; MEASLES; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; RUBELLA; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 84873729389     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60051-3     Document Type: Note

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