Letter from the Editor

Research articles 

Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards HIV/ AIDS among Iranian prisoners in Mazandaran province in the south-coast area of the Caspian Sea  

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C among barbers and their clients in the Rabat region of Morocco  

Leprosy elimination campaign in Qazvin province, Islamic Republic of Iran (2006–07)  

Presence of Helicobacter spp. DNA in the gallbladder of Egyptian patients with gallstone diseases  

Le profil épidémiologique et biologique du cancer du sein à Fès-Boulemane (Maroc)  

Total homocysteine levels and cardiovascular risk factors in healthy Tunisians  

Metabolic syndrome in family practice in Jordan: a study of high-risk groups   

Obesity-associated distress in Lebanese adolescents: an exploratory look at a large cohort of students  

Impact of an educational programme on knowledge, beliefs, practices and expectations about care among adolescent glaucoma patients in Cairo  

Sonographic fetal biometry charts for a Pakistani cohort  

Evaluation of the usefulness of maternal mortality ratio for monitoring long-term effects of a disaster: case study on the Bam earthquake 

Report  

Protecting the right to health of internally displaced mothers and children: the imperative of inter-cluster coordination for translating best practices into effective participatory action 

Short communication   

Networking for applied field epidemiology – Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) Conference 2011 

Case reports  

Forearm hydatid cyst: an unusual presentation   

Apport de l’imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM) dans le diagnostic du kyste hydatique cardiaque