Rapidly building Global Health Security capacity - Uganda demonstration project, 2013

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 73-76

  Borchert, Jeff N ^a   Tappero, Jordan W ^b   Downing, Robert ^b   Shoemaker, Trevor ^a   Behumbiize, Prosper ^b   Aceng, Jane ^c   Makumbi, Issa ^c   Dahlke, Melissa ^d   Jarrar, Bassam ^b   Lozano, Briana ^b   Kasozi, Sam ^d   Austin, Mark ^b   Phillippe, Dru ^b   Watson, Ian D ^e   Evans, Tom J ^e   Stotish, Timothy ^e   Dowell, Scott F ^b   Iademarco, Michael F ^f   Ransom, Raymond ^b   Balajee, Arunmozhi ^b   Becknell, Kristin ^b   Beauvais, Denise ^b   Wuhib, Tadesse ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d African Field Epidemiology Network   (South Africa)

^e DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84893408704     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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