Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Haiti: A Call for Action

Recently, the cholera outbreak in Haiti demonstrated just how unprepared the country is to rapidly isolate an outbreak of this magnitude, and its vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic. This communication briefly examines the health system in Haiti and its vulnerability toward the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Autores principales: Louis-Jean, James, Cenat, Kenney, Sanon, Debbie, Stvil, Ruthonce
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7164840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32303920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-020-00825-9
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spelling pubmed-71648402020-04-20 Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Haiti: A Call for Action Louis-Jean, James Cenat, Kenney Sanon, Debbie Stvil, Ruthonce J Community Health Commentary Recently, the cholera outbreak in Haiti demonstrated just how unprepared the country is to rapidly isolate an outbreak of this magnitude, and its vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic. This communication briefly examines the health system in Haiti and its vulnerability toward the COVID-19 outbreak. Springer US 2020-04-17 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7164840/ /pubmed/32303920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-020-00825-9 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Haiti: A Call for Action
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7164840/
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