Contributions of the Guinea Worm Disease Eradication Campaign toward Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Callahan, Kelly ^a   Bolton, Birgit ^b   Hopkins, Donald R ^a   Ruiz Tiben, Ernesto ^a   Withers, P Craig ^a   Meagley, Kathryn ^b  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRACUNCULIASIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALARIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 84878495831     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002160     Document Type: Review

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