Review of international efforts to strengthen the global outbreak response system since the 2014-16 West Africa Ebola Epidemic

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 47-54

  Ravi, Sanjana J ^a   Snyder, Michael R ^a   Rivers, Caitlin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; Epidemics; Global health security; Health systems; Policy

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85066925344     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czy102     Document Type: Article

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