WHO R&D Blueprint: a global coordination mechanism for R&D preparedness

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10088, 2017, Pages 2469-2470

  Kieny, Marie Paule ^a   Salama, Peter ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VACCINE;

AFRICA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDY DESIGN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISASTER PLANNING; GLOBAL HEALTH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISASTER PLANNING; GLOBAL HEALTH;

EID: 85033221795     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31635-5     Document Type: Letter

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