The humanitarian system is not just broke, but broken: recommendations for future humanitarian action

The Lancet

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages

  Spiegel, Paul B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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EID: 85172617707     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31278-3     Document Type: Article in Press

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