Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

About EMHJ

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 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

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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.

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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

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