Establishing the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention: responding to Africa's health threats

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages e246-e247

  Nkengasong, John N ^a   Maiyegun, Olawale ^b   Moeti, Matshidiso ^c  

^a Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention   (Ethiopia)

^b African Union Commission   (Ethiopia)

^c WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

AFRICA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NOTE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85009727191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30025-6     Document Type: Note

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