Impact of and response to increased tuberculosis prevalence among Syrian refugees compared with Jordanian tuberculosis prevalence: Case study of a tuberculosis public health strategy

Conflict and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cookson, Susan T ^a   Abaza, Hiba ^b   Clarke, Kevin R ^a   Burton, Ann ^c   Sabrah, Nadia A ^d   Rumman, Khaled A ^d   Odeh, Nedal ^b   Naoum, Marwan ^b  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

^c United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Jordan)

^d Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan National TB Program   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Refugees; Syrian crisis; TB control program; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931265616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-015-0044-7     Document Type: Article

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