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 (9), September 2024

Unpacking the package of amendments to the International Health Regulations at country level
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):597–600. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.597.

Commentary

Health economics perspectives of nursing services tariff setting in Islamic Republic of Iran
Maryam Sadat Askari Morteza Rabeti and Mohsen Bayati
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):601–602. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.601.

Research articles

Community-led interventions to re-engage people living with HIV into care in Pakistan
Shaimaa Elsfoury, Bridget Mugisa1, Muhammad S Pasha, Asghar Satti, Omer Haider, Uzair Tariq, Ahmed S. Alaama, Muhammad S Jamil, Yvan Hutin and Joumana Hermez
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):603–611. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.603.

Incidence of hospital-acquired infections among healthcare workers in Egypt before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sameh Elhabashy, Amen Moawad and Shreen Gaber
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):612–621. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.612.

Prevalence of probable post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors of the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye
Banu Aslan and Özgür Önal
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):622–631. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.622.

Availability and affordability of selected medicines in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Amir Reza Ghanbari, Mohammad Moazen, Arezou Azizi, Akbar Abdollahiasll and Fatemeh Soleymani
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):632–640. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.632.

Short research communication

Cross-sectional study of predictors of infant nutrition knowledge among new mothers in Iraq
Aseel Muayad Salih, Tarik Ziyad Tarik Shwaish, Elaf Mohammed Saleh and Wefak Hasan Abdulraheem Alkawaz
Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):641–649. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.641.

Letter to the editor

Comments on: "COVID-19 and political instability may not be the only factors affecting students’ mental health"
Sounira Mehri and Josef Finsterer
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):650–651. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.650.

WHO event addressing public health priorities

Strengthening implementation of WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Jihan Azar, Giuseppe Troisi,Heba Alsawahli, Nahla Gafer, Zaynab Mahdi, Khalid Siddeeg and Asmus Hammerich
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;30(9):652–653. https://doi.org/10.26719/2024.30.9.652.

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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

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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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