Coincident polio and Ebola crises expose similar fault lines in the current global health regime

Conflict and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Calain, Philippe ^a   Abu Sa'Da, Caroline ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disasters; Ebola; Epidemic response; Global health; Humanitarian action; International Health Regulations; Militarization; Polio eradication; Security; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941632175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-015-0058-1     Document Type: Review

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