Ebola in the context of conflict affected states and health systems: Case studies of Northern Uganda and Sierra Leone

Conflict and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  McPake, Barbara ^a,b   Witter, Sophie ^a   Ssali, Sarah ^c   Wurie, Haja ^d   Namakula, Justine ^c   Ssengooba, Freddie ^c  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Ebola; Health System; Northern Uganda; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938694850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-015-0052-7     Document Type: Article

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