Control of neglected tropical diseases in asia pacific: Implications for health information priorities

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Bergquist, Robert ^a   Whittaker, Maxine ^b  

^a Ingerod ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Control programmes; Disease surveillance; Health information systems; Neglected tropical diseases; NTD; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ASIA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 84930189296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-1-3     Document Type: Note

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