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Implementation Lessons of a Water Insecurity Intervention During a Drought in Mexico

Annals of Global Health
Volume 91 (2025): Issue 1
By: Pablo Gaitán-Rossi,  Lucía Félix-Beltrán,  Ximena García-Ruiz and  Sera L. Young  
Open Access
|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4758 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 8, 2025
Published on: Aug 19, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
climate change,
water insecurity,
drought,
implementation science,
SDG-6

© 2025 Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Lucía Félix-Beltrán, Ximena García-Ruiz, Sera L. Young, published by Ubiquity Press
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