Tackling the existing burden of infectious diseases in the developing world: Existing gaps and the way forward

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b   Salam, Rehana A ^a   Das, Jai K ^a   Lassi, Zohra S ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community platforms; Community based interventions; HIV AIDs; Infectious diseases of poverty; Malaria; Neglected tropical diseases; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MALARIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 84919488431     PISSN: 20955162     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-3-28     Document Type: Article

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