Improvements in pandemic preparedness in 8 Central American countries, 2008 - 2012

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johnson, Lucinda E A ^a   Clará, Wilfrido ^b   Gambhir, Manoj ^c   Fuentes, Rafael Chacón ^d   Marín Correa, Carlos ^e   Jara, Jorge ^d   Minaya, Percy ^e   Rodríguez, David ^f   Blanco, Natalia ^d   Iihoshi, Naomi ^g   Orozco, Maribel ^h   Lange, Carmen ⁱ   Pérez, Sergio Vinicio ^g   Amador, Nydia ^j   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^a   Moen, Ann C ^a   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Guatemala)

^e Training of Epidemiology and Public Health Intervention Network   (United States)

^f General Directorate of Health Surveillance Ministry of Health of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^g Guatemala Ministry of Public Health and Welfare   (Guatemala)

^h Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic ^*  (El Salvador)

ⁱ Bch Vector Control Department   (Panama)

^j Minister of Health of Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

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Author keywords

Capacity building; Central America; IHR; Influenza; Pandemic; Preparedness; Technical assistance

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISASTER PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PANDEMICS; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84901022589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-209     Document Type: Article

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