Ebola: Towards an International Health Systems Fund

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9951, 2014, Pages e49-e51

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; URBAN AREA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84908118423     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61345-3     Document Type: Note

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