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Knowledge and barriers to hepatitis C screening among social media users in United Arab Emirates
CONCLUSION: The UAE community has moderate knowledge about hepatitis C but a poor understanding of available preventive and treatment options. Targeted outreach programmes, particularly for high-risk groups, are needed to improve community awareness of hepatitis C.PMID:38415333 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.001 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Drishti D Kampani Kamel A Samara Hommam Algebail Ola Al Shihabi Hiba Jawdat Barqawi Source Type: research

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence, incidence and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in Egypt: updated overview
CONCLUSION: TB incidence decreased in Egypt over the last two decades, but treatment outcomes were unsatisfactory, with variations across the different regions. To achieve TB eradication in Egypt, efforts should be made to sustain the TB control strategy by improving treatment outcomes and intensifying case finding and surveillance reporting.PMID:38415334 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.003 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Mohamed O Nour Sameh O Nour Source Type: research

Engagement of private health sector in communicable disease and immunization programmes in Pakistan
CONCLUSION: We recommend that the Ministry of Health provide overall vision for the operations of the public and private health sectors so that both sectors can complement each other towards the achievement of Universal Health Coverage, including for communicable diseases.PMID:38415335 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.005 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Ghada Muhjazi Nasir Idrees Hassan Salah Muhammad Naveed Asghar Ali Shirazi Yvan Hutin Source Type: research

Challenges and epidemiological implications of the first outbreak of dengue and chikungunya in Sudan
CONCLUSIONS: White Nile State may experience larger outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya in the future, there is, therefore, an urgent need for proper vector control interventions in the state and nearby states.PMID:38415336 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.007 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Setalnafer Magdy Aljaily Ismail Ali Yousif Hamed Khalid Sarour Mustafa Osama Salah Basher Ishag Ezeirig Awad Ezeirig Musa Abdel Kreem Ahmed Eiman Mohmmed Adam Ibrahim Rasha Siddig Azrag Source Type: research

A pediatric HIV outbreak in Pakistan
CONCLUSIONS: Investigations indicate that unsafe healthcare practices in formal and informal healthcare settings as the most likely cause of the 2019 outbreak of HIV infection in Larkana, Pakistan. Measures should be taken to improve IPC practices at the facility level, especially in pediatric and antenatal care clinics.PMID:38415337 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.002 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Joumana Hermez Maha Ismail Oliver Morgan Muhammad Safdar Pasha Karl Schenkel Meg Doherty Muhammad Tayyab Yetmgeta Eyayou Abdella Muhammad Asif Sayed Naveed Masood Memon Rana Jawad Asghar Musa Rahim Saqib Sheikh Hammad Ali Elizabeth M Rabold Robert Fontain Source Type: research

Secondary multilevel mixed-effects modelling of seroprevalence trends of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
CONCLUSION: Despite reporting increasing trends for seroprevalence of CCHF in previous reviews and the fixed effects model of the present study, the secondary mixed effects modeling showed a decreasing trend. The multilevel generalized model is recommended for such temporal and spatial designs in the future.PMID:38415338 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.006 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Seyyed Ay Ahmadi Mohammad S Baghi Razieh Shirzadegan Hassan Nasirian Source Type: research

Achieving integrated disease surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
East Mediterr Health J. 2024 Jan 21;30(1):3-4. doi: 10.26719/2024.30.1.3.ABSTRACTAccess to reliable and timely information is key for healthcare decision-making at the regional, national and sub-national levels. However, lack of access to such information hampers to progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), as indicated in the Regional Progress Report on Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals.PMID:38415330 | DOI:10.26719/2024.30.1.3 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Mohammad Nadir Sahak Mahmoud Sadek Osman Elmahal Mohammed Jawameer Kakakhan Muzhgan Habibi Henry Victor Doctor Eman Abdelkreem Aly Naglaa Abdelmeguid Ahmed Ghada Muhjazi Thomas Mollet Pierre Nabeth Arash Rashidian Rana Hajjeh Source Type: research

Oman eliminates mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
East Mediterr Health J. 2024 Jan 21;30(1):5-6. doi: 10.26719/emhj.23.100.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38415331 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.23.100 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Ali Elgalib Richard Lau Zeyana Al-Habsi Samir Shah Bader Al-Rawahi Seif Al-Abri Source Type: research

Insights from a modelling analysis of COVID-19 vaccination in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
CONCLUSION: The results from this research offer useful insights into tackling the supply and demand related barriers to COVID-19 vaccination uptake and provides lessons for future health threats.PMID:38415332 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.004 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - February 28, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Zlatko Nikoloski Robert Bain Leonardo Menchini Neha Kapil Daniel Ngemera Abu Obeida Eltayeb Olga Kosyak Thewodros Shay Amaya Gillespie Source Type: research