Mortality Rates above Emergency Threshold in Population Affected by Conflict in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 2012–April 2013

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Carrión Martín, Antonio Isidro ^a   Bil, Karla ^a   Salumu, Papy ^b   Baabo, Dominique ^b   Singh, Jatinder ^a   Kik, Corry ^a   Lenglet, Annick ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Zone de Santé ^*  (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED NET; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONFLICT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEMOGRAPHIC; DIARRHEA; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HERNIA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECALL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEFT; VERY ELDERLY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT; CONGO; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; WARFARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONGO; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MORTALITY; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; WARFARE;

EID: 84907572334     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003181     Document Type: Article

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