Treating Syrian refugees with diabetes and hypertension in Shatila refugee camp, Lebanon: Médecins Sans Frontières model of care and treatment outcomes

Conflict and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Kayali, Maysoon ^a   Moussally, Krystel ^a   Lakis, Chantal ^a   Abrash, Mohamad Ali ^a   Sawan, Carla ^b   Reid, Anthony ^a   Edwards, Jeffrey ^a,c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Hypertension; M decins Sans Fronti res; Non communicable disease; Refugee; Syrians

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063770162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-019-0191-3     Document Type: Article

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