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The Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (EMHJ) is a monthly, open access, international, peer-reviewed journal published by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO). EMHJ publishes papers in all areas of public health, in English, Arabic, and French and in support of the WHO strategic objective of making health knowledge accessible to all.
Current issue: Volume 30 (5), May 2024
Editorial
The Pandemic Agreement: a panacea for the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):327–329. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.327
Commentary
Women’s health and climate change: a threat or an opportunity
Mohamed Afifi, Mazen Malkawi and Maha El-Adawy
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):330–332. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.330.
Research articles
Engagement of private healthcare sector in addressing noncommunicable diseases at primary care level in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Meesha Iqbal, Romaina Iqbal, Sameen Siddiqi, Slim Slama, Pyi Pyi Phyo, Aya Thabet, Asmus Hammerich and Hicham El Berri
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):333–343. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.333.
The supply and demand for rehabilitation health workforce in Saudi Arabia
Reham M Wasfi, Faisal S Alenezi, Lamya M Alzubaidi and Muna Hassanein
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):344–349. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.344
Epidemiology and aetiology of the 2023 meningitis outbreak among children in Iraq
Zana B Najmadden, Karzan R Sidiq, Dana K Sabir, Amjad M Qadir, Jihad I Hama, Omed K Salih, Omed O Rahim and Azad M Qadir
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):350–355. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.350.
Parental barriers to implementing family-centred care in a neonatal intensive care unit in Islamic Republic of Iran
Zahra Jafari, Sima Mohammad Khan Kermanshahi, Zohreh Vanaki and Ziba Mosayebi
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):356–362. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.356.
Short research communication
Retrospective analysis of an outbreak of scarlet fever in United Arab Emirates
Eman Khalifa Sobh, Thiyagaraj A Kumarasamy and Zahraa Khalifa Sobh
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):363–368. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.363.
Reviews
A systematic review of mental health of women in fragile and humanitarian settings of the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Fauziah Rabbani, Aysha Zahidie, Amna Siddiqui, Sanam Shah, Zul Merali, Khalid Saeed and Mohamed Afifi
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):369–379. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.369.
A review of oral health promotion programmes in Eastern Mediterranean Region
Najat Abdrabbo Alyafei, Bushra Naaz Fathima Jaleel and Hamad Al Mudahka
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):380–387. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.380.
Letter to the editor
Causes of prolonged hospitalisation after COVID-19 are more varied than assumed
Sounira Mehri and Josef Finsterer
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):388– 389. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.388.
WHO event addressing public health priorities
Meeting on nutrition in emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(5):390– 391. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.5.390.
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Special edition on digitalization of health information systems
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Editorial team
Editorial team
Ahmed Al-Mandhari, Editor-in-chief
Arash Rashidian, Executive Editor
Ahmed Mandil, Deputy Executive Editor
James Ayodele, Managing Editor
Editorial Board
Mahmoud Fahmy Fathalla
Akbar Fotouhi
Rita Giacaman
Rana Hajjeh
Ahmed Mandil
Ziad Memish
Arash Rashidian
Abla Mehio Sibai
Sameen Siddiqi
Huda Zurayk
International Advisory Panel
Mansour M. Al-Nozha
Fereidoun Azizi
Rafik Boukhris
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Majid Ezzati
Hans V. Hogerzeil
Mohamed A. Ghoneim
Alan Lopez
Hossein Malekafzali
El-Sheikh Mahgoub
Hooman Momen
Sania Nishtar
Hikmat Shaarbaf
Salman Rawaf
Editorial assistants
Nadia Abu-Saleh, Suhaib Al Asbahi (Graphics), Diana Tawadros (Graphics)
Editorial support
Guy Penet (French editor)
Eva Abdin, Fiona Curlet, Cathel Kerr, Marie-France Roux (Technical editors)
Ahmed Bahnassy, Abbas Rahimiforoushani
Dr Manar ElSheikh Abdelrahman ElHassan (Statistics editors)
Administration
Iman Fawzy, Marwa Madi
Web publishing
Nahed El Shazly, Ihab Fouad, Hazem Sakr
Library and printing support
Gehane Al Garraya, Metry Al Ashkar, John Badawi, Ahmed Magdy, Amin El Sayed.
All issues
- Volume 30, 2024
- Volume 29, 2023
- Volume 28, 2022
- Volume 27, 2021
- Volume 26, 2020
- Volume 25, 2019
- Volume 24, 2018
- Volume 23, 2017
- Volume 22, 2016
- Volume 21, 2015
- Volume 20, 2014
- Volume 19, 2013
- Volume 18, 2012
- Volume 17, 2011
- Volume 16, 2010
- Volume 15, 2009
- Volume 14, 2008
- Volume 13, 2007
- Volume 12, 2006
- Volume 11, 2005
- Volume 10, 2004
- Volume 9, 2003
- Volume 8, 2002
- Volume 7, 2001
- Volume 6, 2000
- Volume 5, 1999
- Volume 4, 1998
- Volume 3, 1997
- Volume 2, 1996
- Volume 1, 1995
Special editions
Special editions of EMHJ
Special edition on Evidence to Policy for Healthcare, Vol. 29 No. 7, July 2023
Guest editors: Lavis John, Huda Basaleem, Lubna A Al-Ansary, Arash Rashidian and Mehrnaz Kheirandish
Palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 28 No. 8, August 2022
Guest editors: Eric Krakauer, Hibah Osman, Ahmed Mandil and Asmus Hammerich
Refugee and migrant health, Vol. 27 No. 12, December 2021
Tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 26 No. 1, January 2020
Research evidence to meet health workforce challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 24, No. 9, September 2018
Guest editors: Fethiye Gulin Gedik, James Buchan, Zafar Mirza, Arash Rashidian, Sameen Siddiqi and Gilles Dussault
Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 24, No. 1, January 2018
Guest editors: Slim Slama, Asmus Hammerich , Ahmed Mandil, Abla Mehio Sibai, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Kremlin Wickramasinghe and Tom McGee
Substance use and public health, Vol. 23, No. 3, March 2017
Influenza in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 22, No. 7, July 2016
Guest editor: Ahmed Mandil, Joseph Bresee, Mohamed Awad Tageldin, Talat Mokhtari Azad and Wasiq Khan
Mental health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 21, No. 7, July 2015
Mass gatherings, Vol. 19, Supp. 2, December 2013
Guest editor: Ziad A. Memish
Novel coronavirus infection, Vol. 19, Supp. 1, December 2013
Pakistan, Vol. 16, Supp. December 2010
WHO 60th anniversary, Vol. 14, Supp. December 2008
Guest editors: Haifa Husni Madi and Syed Jaffar Hussain
Health, poverty and development, Vol. 13 No. 6, December 2007
10th Global Forum for Health Research (Forum 10), Vol. 12, Supp. 2, December 2006
Guest editor: S.A. Matlin
Biomedical research ethics, Volume 12, supplement 1, December 2006
Guest editor: Farhat Moazam
