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.

Announcement

State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region