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Preparing for Ebola Virus Disease in West African countries not yet affected: perspectives from Ghanaian health professionals

BACKGROUND: The current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic has ravaged the social fabric of three West African countries and affected people worldwide. We report key themes from an agenda-setting, multi-disciplinary roundtable convened to examine experiences and implications for health systems in Gh...

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Autores principales:	Nyarko, Yaw, Goldfrank, Lewis, Ogedegbe, Gbenga, Soghoian, Sari, de-Graft Aikins, Ama
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Debate
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-015-0094-z

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