Vaccine preventable diseases and immunization during humanitarian emergencies: Challenges and lessons learned from the eastern mediterranean region

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 775-777

  Teleb, N ^a   Hajjeh, R ^b  

^a Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean   (Egypt)

^b Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLEARANCE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PROPHYLAXIS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; YEMEN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RELIEF WORK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UTILIZATION; WAR;

ARMED CONFLICTS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 85011630024     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2016.22.11.775     Document Type: Editorial

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