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 infra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2013-04-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013000400012&lng=en&tlng=en |