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A systems view and lessons from the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa.

Abstract

This article analyses the on-going (2014) Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa from a systems perspective; and draws out lessons for West Africa in general and Ghana in particular.

Entities: Disease

Keywords: Ebola Virus Disease; Ghana; Prevention and Control; Systems; West Africa

Mesh：

Year: 2014 PMID： 25709128 PMCID： PMC4335447 DOI： 10.4314/gmj.v48i3.9

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ghana Med J ISSN： 0016-9560

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