Corrigendum: Impact of interventions and the incidence of Ebola virus disease in Liberia-Implications for future epidemics (Health Policy and Planning DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw113);Impact of interventions and the incidence of ebola virus disease in Liberia - Implications for future epidemics

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 205-214

  Kirsch, Thomas D ^a,b   Moseson, Heidi ^c   Massaquoi, Moses ^d   Nyenswah, Tolbert G ^d   Goodermote, Rachel ^a   Rodriguez Barraquer, Isabel ^a   Lessler, Justin ^a   Cumings, Derek A T ^a,e   Peters, David H ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola Ebola virus disease (EVD); Global health; Health policy; Infectious disease; Liberia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIBERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIBERIA; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 85017322454     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw163     Document Type: Erratum

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