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 (2), February 2024

Editorial

Increasing access to healthcare in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):91–92. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.2.91.

Research articles

Changing roles in global health governance following COVID-19
Wafa Abu El Kheir-Mataria, Hassan El-Fawal and Sungsoo Chun
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):93–102. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.024

Situation analysis of the quality of primary health care services in Pakistan
Muhammad Navid Tahir, Nauman Ali Ch, Muhammad Waqas Farooq, Ghazanfar Mubin and Jafar Riaz Kataria
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):103–108. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.025.

Assessment of the impact of integrated disease surveillance and response system on surveillance management at healthcare facilities in Pakistan
Zia Ul Haq, Sheraz Fazid, Basharat Hussain, Muhammad Fawad Khan, Asif Betanni, Bilal Behrawar and Shaheen Afridi
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):109–115. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.026.

Beliefs and practices of physicians in Lebanon regarding promotional gifts and interactions with pharmaceutical companies
Issam Shaarani, Jida Hasbini, Reem Farhat, Nour Safawi, Jamil Sleiman, Alaa Kassem Hammoud, Tamara Fayad, Dana Khazaal, Oubaida Elkhatib and Hussein Berjaoui
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):116–124. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.027.

National survey of barriers to colorectal cancer screening in Jordan
Zaid Ali Abdulelah, Ahmed Ali Abdulelah, Mohammad Alqaisieh, Asim N Khanfar, Nouran Husam Hammad, Eyad Bassam Al Masoud, Qusai B Odeh, Mohammad Ali Alshrouf, Rahaf Maher Abuaisheh, Haitham Mohammed Abd-Alrahman and Amer Khatib
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):125–135. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.028.

River water pollution in Lebanon: the country’s most underestimated public health challenge
Carolla El Chamieh, Claudia El Haddad, Khaled El Khatib, Edmond Jalkh, Victoria Al Karaki, Jana Zeineddine, Antoine Assaf, Tania Harb and Elie Bou Sanayeh
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):136–144. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.029.

Short research communication

Emergent spotted fever group Rickettsiae infections among hard ticks in Islamic Republic of Iran
Mohammad Bagher Ghavami, Zohreh Alibabaei, Mohammad Reza Jamavar and Behrooz Taghiloo
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):145–155. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.030.

Policy and practice

Evaluation of antibiotic prescription patterns using WHO AWaRe classification
Urooj Sajjad, Nauman Afzal, Manahil Asif, Muhammad Bilal Rehman, Arshad Ullah Afridi and Tahseen Kazmi
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):156–162. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.24.031.

Letter to the editor

Erratum on “Analysis of prescriptions dispensed at community pharmacies in Nablus, Palestine”
Abdalhakim RM Shubietah

WHO event addressing public health priorities

Regional advocacy workshop on noncommunicable disease priorities among children and adolescents in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(2):164–167. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.2.164.

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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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