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 (3), March 2024

Editorial

Investing in a healthier future for women in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):171–172. https:// doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.3.171.

Research articles

Experiences and lessons from using digital technology for noncommunicable disease services during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Eglal Elamin Elrayah, Heba Fouad, Ahmed Mandil, Mohamed Nour and Asmus Hammerich
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):173–181. https://doi.org/10.26719/ emhj.24.009

Using social media surveys and interventions to address vaccine hesitancy in Saudi Arabia
JungKyu Rhys Lim, Ellen Moscoe, Ada Alqunaibet, Daniel Alejandro Pinzon Hernandez, Amaal Alruwaily, Mohamad Chatila, Rasha Alfawaz, Laura Zoratto, Zeina Afif, Renos Vakis, Berq J Hadi Al-Yasseri, Reem F Alsukait, Son Nam Nguyen, Christopher H Herbst and Abdullah Algwizani
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):182–195. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.013

Bodyweight and obesity perceptions among adults in Bahrain
Omar Barakat, Mazhar Babili, Nazha AlFaraj, Rashed Almusalam, Sydney Swartz, Bader N Al-Hussain, John Flood and Khawla F Ali
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):196–203. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.008

Short research communication

Satisfaction of women with telehealth services during COVID-19 paves the way for wider implementation
Taghreed Alhaidari, Lamees Shubber, Shaimaa Ibrahim, Asmaa Majeed, Rana Abdul, Mustafa Kraidi, Thamer Al Hilifi and Hannah Tappis
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):204–211. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.011

Case-control study of drinking water quality in Yemen
Ahmed Al-Hmani, Nejib ben Jamaa, Adel Kharroubi, Belgacem Agoubi and Gawad MA Alwabr
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):212–220. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.019

Assessment of compliance to packaging laws in Pakistan by local and international tobacco manufacturing companies
Syed Hussain Askary, Abdul Ahad Jamshed, Gulrukh Askary and Ali Raza Sheikh
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):221–228. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.017

Policy and practice

Electronic medical record redesign to improve patient safety and use of non-medication orders by clinicians
Rami Yassoub, Nader Elshehabi and Khalid Alyafei
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):229–237. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.010

Review

A scoping review of road traffic data systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Prasanthi Puvanachandra, Anthony Laverty, Maria Ghaly, Hala Sakr, Rania Abdelhamid, Kacem Iaych and Margaret Peden
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):238–247. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.012

Letter to the editor

Comment on “Challenges and epidemiological implications of the first outbreak of dengue and chikungunya” published in EMHJ Volume 30 Number 1
Hinpetch Daungsupawong and Viroj Wiwanitkit
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):248. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.3.248

WHO event addressing public health priorities

Regional workshop on the implementation of the global plan on public health response to dementia (2017–2025)
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(3):249–250. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.3.249

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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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