Developing an incident management system to support ebola response — Liberia, july–august 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 930-933

  Pillai, Satish K ^a   Nyenswah, Tolbert ^b   Rouse, Edward ^c   Allison Arwady, M ^c   Forrester, Joseph D ^c   Hunter, Jennifer C ^a,c   Matanock, Almea ^c   Ayscue, Patrick ^c   Monroe, Benjamin ^a   Schafer, Ilana J ^c   Poblano, Luis ^c   Neatherlin, John ^c,d   Montgomery, Joel M ^c,d   De Cock, Kevin M ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

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

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; LIBERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA;

EID: 84910056141     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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5. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Liberia). Department of Health Services. Monrovia, Liberia: Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Department of Health Services; 2014. Available at http://www. mohsw. gov. lr/content_display. php?submenu_id=60&sub=submenu.