Research in Priority Areas of Public Health

Below please find the list of projects funded under the Research in Priority Areas of Public Health grant-scheme during the 2014–2019 period. You may wish to access the final report by clicking the respective project title.

2014–2015

Country	Institution	Title of the project	PI
Tunisia	Centre Hopital Universitaire Farhat Hached	Intervention program for promotion of physical activity and healthy diet in primary school in Sousse	Dr Hassen Ghannem
Lebanon	American University of Beirut	The effect of Vitamin D replacement on Maternal and Neonatal outcomes: A random controlled trial in pregnant women with Hypovitaminosis D	Dr Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan
Islamic Republic of Iran	Urmia University of Medical Sciences	Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) in West Azerbaijan province, Iran: an examination ofnational Maternal Mortality Surveillance System	Dr Hamidreza Farrokh-Eslamlou
Islamic Republic of Iran	Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences	Projecting Individualized Absolute Breast Cancer Risk in Iranian women	Dr Parvaneh Taymoori
Islamic Republic of Iran	Sport Science Research Institute (SSRC)	Evaluation of physical activity levels (low, moderate, high) among Iranian elderly and its relationship with mental health and quality of life	Dr Vaez Mousavi
Bahrain	Arabian Gulf University	Effectiveness of Tobacco smoking cessation clinics in improving tobacco smoking quit rates and lung function among adult males in Bahrain	Dr Randah Hamadeh
Iraq	Kurdistan Health and Social Research Organization	Assessing the role of decentralizing health reform in Iraqi Kurdistan region on addressing the needs of the disadvantaged population in semi-urban and rural areas	Dr Nazar Shabila Dr Abubakir
Pakistan	Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab	Coping Strategies for Addressing Barriers to Immunization of Children in Punjab, Pakistan	Dr Muhammad Zakaria
Sudan	Ministry of Health/ National Training Activities	Contributing factors to “stock out” of life- saving medicines, in governmental health facilities in the Sudan 2015-2016	Dr Arwa Kambal
Iraq/Oman/Sudan	Tehran University of Medical Sciences	A Multi-State Study to Develop and Test a Benchmark Protocol for Assessment of Health Emergency Preparedness in Eastern Mediterranean Region	Dr Ali Ardalan

2016–2017

Country	Institution	Project	Principal Investigator(s)
Lebanon	American University of Beirut	Intakes and sources of fat, free sugars and salt amongst Lebanese children and adolescents	Dr Lara Nasriddine
Palestine	Ministry of Health	Evaluation of Communicable Diseases Surveillance System in The Gaza Strip, 2017	Dr Oxana Abu-Saada
Jordan	Jordan Univesrity of Science and Technology	Rate, causes, and risk factors of cesarean section in north of Jordan and its associated maternal and perinatal risks	Dr Yousef S Khader
Egypt	Assuit University	Integration of Adolescent Health Needs Into Primary Health Care Services: Designing Care Model	Dr Faten Rabee
Lebanon	American University of Beirut	Understanding and addressing the determinants of antimicrobial medicines abuse in Lebanon	Dr Mona Osman
Pakistan	Pakistan Health Research Council	Pattern of healthy and unhealthy food consumption among Pakistani population and estimating the price difference	Dr Ibrar Rafique
Pakistan	Khyber Medical University	Abuse and its association with school grades and mental health, in adolescent students of district Peshawar: A Cross-Sectional Survey	Dr Muhammad Khan
Sudan	Academy of Health Sciences and Ministry of Health	Implications of internal and external Health Workforce Mobility on Health System Performance in Sudan	Dr Nour Yousif
Islamic Republic of Iran	Kerman University of Medical Sciences	Study and Mapping of Natural Disaster (earthquake and drought) risk Perception of Society in Kerman province, Iran	Dr Gholamreza Khademipour
Libya	Libyan International Medical University	Designing an ideal Primary Care Service Area: for provision of quality primary health care services, Benghazi, Libya 2017	Dr Noha Fadl
Pakistan	Aga Khan University	Health Assessment Of Migrant Child Laborers In And Around Karachi: An Area Of Urgent Unmet Need For Action Among Flood Affectees	Dr Asaad Nafees
Egypt	High Institute of Public Health, Alex University	Health seeking behavior and medical management of Pneumonia among under five children in Alex, Egypt. Mothers' perspectives	Dr Noha Fadl

2018–2019

Country	Institution	Project	Principal Investigator(s)
Yemen	University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science	Neonatal Sepsis; Bacterial Profile, Serological Markers, and Risk Factors in Major Public Hospitals in Sana’a, Yemen.	Dr Adeeb Salah
Pakistan	Centre for Global Public Health (CGPH)-Pakistan	Factors behind the growing rate of unnecessary caesarian sections in Three Tertiary care hospital of Rawalpindi, Pakistan	Dr Rizwana Chaudhri
Yemen	University of Science and Technology	Assessment of a women-delivered, housewives-centred educational intervention for household control of Aedes mosquitoes in dengue-endemic areas in Hodeidah City Yemen: A cluster-randomized controlled trial	Dr Mohammed Mahdy
Palestine	The Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University	Respiratory health effects of environmental exposure to dust among household members living close to quarries in Palestine	Dr Maysaa Nemer
Sudan	Academy of Health Sciences / Human Resources Development Directorate/ FMOH	Influences of dual practice on public and private health sector performance in Sudan	Dr Tarig Badawi
Islamic Republic of Iran	Shahd Beheshti University of Medical Sciences	Assessment of Health System in the disaster-affected regions of Kermanshah, Iran	Dr Sanaz Sohrabizadeh
Pakistan	University of Agriculture Peshawar	Determinants of malnutrition in the form of unhealthy practices during first 1000 days of life in Rural and urban areas of Khyber Puktoonkhwa	Dr Niamat Ullah
Egypt	High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University	Causes and Distributions of Under-five Mortality in Alexandria Governorate Using the Verbal Autopsy and Social Autopsy Studies (VASA) Interviews	Dr Ramy Ghazy
Egypt	Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University	Influenza vaccine uptake and compliance: addressing barriers, and promoting motivators among health care workers	Dr Amani Waheed
Jordan	United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)	Barriers and Potential Solutions to Implementing Multisectoral Actions on NCD Prevention and Control within UNRWA’s Health System	Dr Yassir Turki
Palestine	The Palestine National Institute of Public Health	Enhancing Ministry of Health-NGOs Partnership in Palestine for Effective Health Service Delivery: Advancing Towards Universal Health Coverage	Dr Wafa Mataria
Islamic Republic of Iran	Knowledge Utilization Research Center	Case study of structures about evidence-informed health-policy-making: Iran’s National Institute of Health Research	Dr Bahareh Yazdizadeh