Public health surveillance after the 2010 Haiti earthquake: The experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

PLoS Currents

Volumn , Issue JAN, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Polonsky, Jonathan ^a   Luquero, Francisco ^a   Francois, Gwenola ^b   Rousseau, Caroline ^b   Caleo, Grazia ^a   Ciglenecki, Iza ^b   Delacre, Clara ^b   Siddiqui, M Ruby ^b   Terzian, Mego ^b   Verhenne, Leen ^c   Porten, Klaudia ^a   Checchi, Francesco ^a,d  

^a Médecins Sans Frontières Operational Centre Paris ^*

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE CONTROL; EARTHQUAKE; EPIDEMIC; HAITI; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; PARALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84874150296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.dis.6aec18e84816c055b8c2a06456811c7a     Document Type: Article

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