World Health Organization and emergency health: If not now, when?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Checchi, Francesco ^a,b   Waldman, Ronald J ^c,d   Roberts, Leslie F ^e   Ager, Alastair ^e,f   Asgary, Ramin ^g   Benner, Marie T ^h   Blanchet, Karl ^b   Burnham, Gilbert ⁱ   D'Harcourt, Emmanuel ^j   Leaning, Jennifer ^k   Massaquoi, Moses B F ^l   Mills, Edward J ^m   Moresky, Rachel T ^e,n   Patel, Preeti ^o   Roberts, Bayard ^b   Toole, Michael J ^p,q   Woodruff, Bradley ^e,r   Zwi, Anthony B ^s  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c République Démocratique du Congo   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Malteser International   (Germany)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^k HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

^m Global Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

ⁿ King's College London ^*  (United States)

^o KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^q MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^r EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MORTALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; TEAMWORK; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WAR-RELATED INJURIES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; WAR-RELATED INJURIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84959278186     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i469     Document Type: Article

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