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of highly contagious viruses (of the Ebola or Marburg type) in the context of an epidemic outbreak in West Africa
Echoes from Syria Issue 5
Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2014, 3:42
http://www.idpjournal.com/content/3/1/42
Most African Countries Avoid Major Economic Loss but Impact on Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone Remains Crippling
Equity and Quality in Health: a People's Right
The report reveals weak national mental health services overburdened by the demands placed on them by the Syria crisis. Health facilities which previously provided integrated mental health services in Syria have themselves become casualties of war, with most either destroyed, damaged or not function...ing. The shortage of trained mental health care providers is viewed as critical, both in Syria and in the neighboring countries where refugees now reside. Strengthening and expanding these services is crucial for Syria’s longer term recovery because the need for treatment will last for years after the war ends.
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