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Call for papers: Special edition on digitalization of health information systems

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Forecasting daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in Algeria using ARIMA models

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Hospital-based case–control study of risk factors of early neonatal mortality in the Gaza Strip

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Healthcare personnel literacy about the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes after attending a breastfeeding counseling course

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Quality of life of patients with thalassaemia living in the West Bank and Gaza

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Incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis and treatment outcomes, Golestan Province, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2014–2019

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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.

2022 impact factor: 2.1

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Current issue: Volume 31 (1), January 2025

Editorial

Staying and delivering: WHO’s enduring commitment to healthcare delivery in emergencies and humanitarian settings in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;31(1):3–5. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.1.3.

Research articles

A review of childhood immunization coverage in Pakistan
Muhammad A Malik and Muhammad M Siddiqui
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(1):6–15. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.1.6.

Educational intervention to increase childhood immunization uptake in rural Pakistan
Shiraz Shaikh, Greesh Maheshwari, Aroosa Nighat, Lubna Mazharullah, Allah N. Samoo and Ghulam M. Soomro
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(1):16–23. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.1.16

Effects of COVID-19 and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on hospitalized older COVID-19 patients in Türkiye
Güzin Z Öztürk, İlknur Demir and Zeynep U Yılmaz
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(1):24–29. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.1.24.

Cross-sectional, laboratory-based study of measles seroprevalence in Oman
Bader Al-Rawahi, Prakash Patel, Noura Al-Farsi, Hanan Al-Kindi, Amina Al-Jardani, Intisar Al-Shukri, Samira Al-Mahruqi, Aisha Al-Busaidy, Anitha Hangarge and Seif Al-Abri
n. East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(1):30–36. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.1.30.

Short research communication

Incidence of surgical site infection among appendectomy, herniorrhaphy and caesarean section patients in Qatar
Humberto Guanche Garcell, Jameela Al-Ajmi, Ariadna Villanueva Arias, Joji C Abraham and Tania M Fernandez Hernandez
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(1):30–36. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.1.30.