Health in the service of state-building in fragile and conflict affected contexts: An additional challenge in the medical-humanitarian environment

Conflict and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Philips, Mit ^a   Derderian, Katharine ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Access to care; Conflict; Fragile contexts; Health systems; Humanitarian aid; Post 2015 agenda; State building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928486778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-015-0039-4     Document Type: Article

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