The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network

Global Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1023-1039

  Mackenzie, John S ^a,b   Drury, Patrick ^c   Arthur, Ray R ^d   Ryan, Michael J ^c   Grein, Thomas ^c   Slattery, Raphael ^c   Suri, Sameera ^c   Domingo, Christine Tiffany ^c   Bejtullahu, Armand ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network; International Health Regulations; outbreak response; public health emergencies; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ALIIVIBRIO INFECTION; ARTICLE; BOLIVIAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CHOLERA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DENGUE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INSECURITY; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL OUTBREAK ALERT AND RESPONSE NETWORK; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INTOXICATION; LASSA FEVER; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; PLAGUE; POLIOMYELITIS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SUPPORT GROUP; TSUNAMI; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84911956341     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.951870     Document Type: Article

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