Rebuilding transformation strategies in post-Ebola epidemics in Africa

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tambo, Ernest ^a,b   Chengho, Chryseis F ^c   Ugwu, Chidiebere E ^d   Wurie, Isatta ^e   Jonhson, Jeannetta K ^f   Ngogang, Jeanne Y ^a  

^a Higher Institute of Public Health Sciences   (Cameroon)

^b Africa Disease Intelligence and Surveillance   (Cameroon)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^f Public Health Development Initiative (PHDI)   (Liberia)

Author keywords

Africa; Ebola; Ecological; Preparedness; Reconstruction; Recovery; Resilience; Response; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85019088918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0278-2     Document Type: Letter

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