Ebola crisis: the unequal impact on women and children's health.
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www.thelancet.com/lancetgh Vol 3 March 2015 e130 in states that are failing to provide for the most basic needs of their citizens. Making long-term investments to ensure appropriate care for women and children’s health under normal circumstances and in future crises that will inevitably occur is an ethical and public health imperative that global and national health communities need to embrace urgently. Acting eff ectively now is a prerequisite to ending the preventable deaths of mothers and children in these settings.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Lancet. Global health
دوره 3 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015