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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 (8), August 2024
Editorial
Celebrating 50 Years of the Essential Programme on Immunization: Achievements and Future Directions for the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):537–538. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.537
Commentary
Shaping Local Health Policies During Health Emergencies: Insights from WHO COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Study in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Zahra Karimian, Saverio Bellizzi, Shadrokh Sirous, Michael Lukwiya, Amira Ahmed, Kamal Fahmy, Mehrnaz Kheirandish and Arash Rashidian
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):539–541. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.539
Research articles
Attitude of Healthcare Professionals in Türkiye Towards the COVID-19 Vaccine
Raziye Şule Gümüştakim, Duygu Ayhan Başer, Murat Cevik and Pinar Döner Güner
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):542–550. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.542
Clinical Presentation, Outcome, and Management of Snakebite Cases in Saudi Arabia
Musa Suliman Alfaifi, Bader Al-Yahya, Atheer Eid Alotaibi, Hamdan Mujarri Alaklabi, Ibrahim AlHelali, Ibrahim Al-Benhassan, Ali Obaid Albshabshe, Hadi Eissa Al-Ali, Hasan M Alzahrani, Nadia M Awaji, Sami Alshehri, Ali Yahya Darbi, Mohammed S Alqahtani, Tim Patrick Moran and Brent W Morgan
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):551–560. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.551
Prevalence of Pediculosis Among Primary School Children in Tunisia
Dhekra Farjallah, Sameh Belgacem, Latifa Remadi, Raja Chaabane-Banaoues, Faouzia Trimech, Sihem Ben Fredj, Hamouda Babba and Najoua Haouas
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):561–569. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.561
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Iraq
Ghazwan A Baghdadi, Ihab Raqeeb Aakef, Sinan Ghazi Mahdi and Raghad Ibrahim Khaleel
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):570–576. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.570
Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study of the Determinants of Acute Flaccid Paralysis Among Children in Pakistan
Hina Parvaiz, Afzal Khan and Saddam Hussain
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):577–583. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.577
Policy and practices
What Does It Take to Offer High-Quality, Community-Based, Accessible Mental Health Care in Lebanon?
Mia Atoui, Lea Zeinoun, Zeina Akiki and Pia Zeinoun
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):584–592. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.584
WHO event addressing public health priorities
Subregional Workshop for NITAG Chairs, EPI Managers, and Influenza Focal Points on Influenza Vaccination Programmes, Policy, and Evidence Review
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(8):593–594. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.8.593.
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Editorial team
Editorial team
Hanan Balkhy, Editor-in-Chief
Arash Rashidian, Executive Editor
James Ayodele, Managing Editor
Editorial Board
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
Marwa Madi, Iman Fawzy, Marwa El Meligy
Editorial support
Graphic designers: Suhaib Salahi-El-Assbahi, Diana Tawadros, Edward Cobos
French editor/translator: Guy Penett
Technical editors: Eva Abdin, Cathel Kerr, Marie-France Roux, Stephanie Hauck
Statistical editors: Abbas Rahimiforoushani, Kufre Okop, Manar El Sheikh Abdelrahman
Arabic technical check: Ahmed Mandil
Administration
Iman Fawzy, Marwa Madi
Web publishing
Nahed El Shazly, Ihab Fouad
Library and printing support
Gehane Al Garraya, Mariam Zaki, Fouad Abdelghaffar, 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
