Religion and Ebola: Learning from experience

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10005, 2015, Pages e24-e25

  Marshall, Katherine ^a   Smith, Sally ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRISTIAN; CLERGY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; GOVERNMENT; GUINEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEARNING; LIBERIA; MEDICAL DEVICE; NOTE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEX ROLE; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMICS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84946494599     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61082-0     Document Type: Note

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