Somalia: A Nation at the Crossroads of Extreme Poverty, Conflict, and Neglected Tropical Diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Jaffer, Annum ^a   Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c,d  

^a Baylor College of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; POVERTY; RWANDA; SOMALIA; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED NATIONS; VIOLENCE; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84991746057     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004670     Document Type: Editorial

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