Assessment of Ebola virus disease preparedness in the WHO South-East Asia Region;Évaluation de la préparation au virus Ebola dans la région OMS de l’Asie du Sud-Est;Evaluación de la preparación ante el virus del Ébola en la región del sudeste asiático de la OMS

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 913-924

  Vong, Sirenda ^a   Samuel, Reuben ^a   Gould, Philip ^a   El Sakka, Hammam ^a   Rana, Bardan J ^a   Pinyowiwat, Vason ^a   Bezbaruah, Supriya ^a   Ofrin, Roderico ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; DATA MANAGEMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFLUENZA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COORDINATION; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLAVIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PANDEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VIRUS INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STANDARDS;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EBOLA VIRUS;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85005987300     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.174441     Document Type: Article

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