WHO and the media: A major impediment to global health?

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9935, 2014, Pages 2102-2104

  Das, Pamela ^a   Sotomayor, Gabriela ^b  

^a THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

^b Association des Correspondants Auprès des Nations Unies   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NOTE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SWITZERLAND;

MASS MEDIA; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84902842164     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60854-0     Document Type: Note

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