Mapping the capacities of fixed health facilities to cover people at risk of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Simarro, Pere P ^a   Cecchi, Giuliano ^b   Franco, José R ^a   Paone, Massimo ^c   Diarra, Abdoulaye ^a   Ruiz Postigo, José A ^a   Mattioli, Raffaele C ^c   Jannin, Jean G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Ethiopia)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MAPPING; PARASITE;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TRYPANOSOMA;

AFRICA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84897649484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-4     Document Type: Article

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