Toward a Common Secure Future: Four Global Commissions in the Wake of Ebola

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Tomori, Oyewale ^b   Wibulpolprasert, Suwit ^c   Jha, Ashish K ^d   Frenk, Julio ^e   Moon, Suerie ^f   Phumaphi, Joy ^g   Piot, Peter ^h   Stocking, Barbara ⁱ   Dzau, Victor J ^j   Leung, Gabriel M ^k  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b Nigeria Academy of Sciences   (Nigeria)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AFRICAN LEADERS MALARIA ALLIANCE   (Tanzania)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j National Academy of Science   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 84971671460     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002042     Document Type: Article

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