Implementation of an alert and response system in Haiti during the early stage of the response to the Cholera Epidemic

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 688-697

  Santa Olalla, Patricia ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Gayer, Michelle ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Magloire, Roc ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Barrais, Robert ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Valenciano, Marta ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Aramburu, Carmen ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Poncelet, Jean Luc ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Alonso, Juan Carlos Gustavo ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Alphen, Dana Van ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Heuschen, Florence ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Andraghetti, Roberta ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Lee, Robert ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Drury, Patrick ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Aldighieri, Sylvain ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigacion Cientifica   (Paraguay)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Haïti)

^d EPICONCEPT   (France)

^e Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^f PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Haïti)

^g PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Barbados)

^h PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

ⁱ Global Outbreak Alert Response Network   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; EARLY INTERVENTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; MONITORING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CHOLERA; EPIDEMICS; HAITI; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84886001367     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0267     Document Type: Article

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