Health facility preparedness for cholera outbreak response in four cholera-prone districts in Cameroon: a cross sectional study
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4315-7