Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies
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Ethical considerations for vaccination programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies.
Humanitarian emergencies result in a breakdown of critical health-care services and often make vulnerable communities dependent on external agencies for care. In resource-constrained settings, this may occur against a backdrop of extreme poverty, malnutrition, insecurity, low literacy and poor infrastructure. Under these circumstances, providing food, water and shelter and limiting communicable...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.12.113480