Ebola crisis: The unequal impact on women and children's health

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e130-

  Menéndez, Clara ^a   Lucas, Anna ^b   Munguambe, Khátia ^c   Langer, Ana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84925303881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70009-4     Document Type: Letter

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