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 31 (5), May 2025

Editorial

Accelerating access to medical products in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):303–305. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.303.

Commentary

Building a sustainable future in Bahrain: Evolving from healthy cities to healthy settings
Tasnim Atatrah, Deena Alkhamis, Shanine Mohebat, Asmaa Khalil, Yusuf Jalili and Samar Elfeky
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):306–308. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.306.

Research articles

Effects of tobacco products taxes on consumption in Türkiye
Metin Dincer
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):309–316. https://doi. org/10.26719/2025.31.5.309.

Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among women of childbearing age in Jordan
Nadine N Abdelhadi and Mervat M Alsous
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):317–324. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.317.

Scope of optometry practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Zoelfigar Mohamed, Saif H Alrasheed, Yazan Gammoh, Mustafa Abdu, Babu Noushad, Nasser Alshamli and Waleed M Alghamdi
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):325–331. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.325.

Satisfaction with mobile health clinic services in support of Universal Health Coverage and Oman's Vision 2040 health agenda
Haitham S Al Hakmani, Yousuf S Al Kalbani and Gasan M Al Zuhli
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):332–339. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.332.

Review

Strategies to combat infodemics in public health
Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda and Afsaneh Dehnad
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):340–349. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.340.

Letter to the editor

To record the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in earthquake survivors, all influencing factors should be included in the evaluation
Josef Finsterer and Joao Gama Marques
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):350–351. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.350.

WHO event addressing public health priorities

Meeting on scaling up hospital antimicrobial stewardship in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(5):352–353. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.5.352.

Announcement

State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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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 AGhoneim
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 Penet
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

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

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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