Mental health and psychosocial support for South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda: A needs and resource assessment

Conflict and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Adaku, Alex ^a   Okello, James ^a   Lowry, Blakeley ^b   Kane, Jeremy C ^c   Alderman, Stephen ^b   Musisi, Seggane ^a,d   Tol, Wietse A ^a,b,c  

^a Peter C Alderman Foundation Uganda   (Uganda)

^b The Peter C Alderman Foundation   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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EID: 84986270381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-016-0085-6     Document Type: Review

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