Biosocial approaches to the 2013-2016 ebola pandemic

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-128

  Richardson, Eugene T ^a,b   Barrie, Mohamed Bailor ^b,c,d   Kelly, J Daniel ^d,e   Dibba, Yusupha ^d   Koedoyoma, Songor ^f   Farmer, Paul E ^b,c,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Wellbody Alliance   (Sierra Leone)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Kono District Ebola Response Center (DERC)   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

WEST AFRICA;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

AFRICA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PANDEMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84975317663     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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