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.
Current issue: Volume 31 (7), July 2025
Editorial
Mitigating the increasing threat of cholera in Yemen and other conflict-affected countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan H Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(7):423-425. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.7.423
Original research articles
A cost of illness study of the economic burden of diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Khalifa Elmusharaf, Maisoon Mairghani, Sébastien Poix, Emil Scaria, Pyi Pyi Phyo, Win Thu, Slim Slama, Matilda Byström, Hicham El Berri and Asmus Hammerich
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(7):426-435. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.7.426.
Income inequality and willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccination in Islamic Republic of Iran
Vajihe Ramezani-Doroh, Nasim Badiee and Maryam Khoramrooz
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(7):436-445. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.7.436.
Evaluating the relationship between COVID-19 and suicide deaths in Türkiye
Betül Battaloğlu Inanç
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(7):446-452. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.7.446.
Comparative study of pap smear and polymerase chain reaction tests for human papillomavirus screening in Bahrain
Nermin Kamal Saeed, Safa Alshaikh and Mohammed Al-Beltagi
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(7):453-462. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.7.453
Cross-sectional study of major modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults in Morocco
Karima Mohtadi, Hanane Khalidi, Halima Lebrazi, Anass Kettani, Hassan Taki and Rachid Saïle
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(7):463-470. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.7.463.
Policy and practice
A critical review of the prevalence of cleft lip and cleft palate in Arab Countries
Iman Bugaighis
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(7):471-477. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.7.471.
Sixth meeting of the Regional Verification Commission of Measles and Rubella Elimination in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;31(7):478. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.7.478.
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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, Metry El Ashkar, Fouad Abdelghaffar, Ahmed Magdy, Amin El Sayed
All issues
- Volume 31, 2025
- Volume 30, 2024
- Volume 29, 2023
- Volume 28, 2022
- Volume 27, 2021
- Volume 26, 2020
- Volume 25, 2019
- Volume 24, 2018
- Volume 23, 2017
- Volume 22, 2016
- Volume 21, 2015
- Volume 20, 2014
- Volume 19, 2013
- Volume 18, 2012
- Volume 17, 2011
- Volume 16, 2010
- Volume 15, 2009
- Volume 14, 2008
- Volume 13, 2007
- Volume 12, 2006
- Volume 11, 2005
- Volume 10, 2004
- Volume 9, 2003
- Volume 8, 2002
- Volume 7, 2001
- Volume 6, 2000
- Volume 5, 1999
- Volume 4, 1998
- Volume 3, 1997
- Volume 2, 1996
- Volume 1, 1995
Special editions of EMHJ
Volume 30, issue 6, June 2024
Special edition on bioethics
Guest editors: Arshad Altaf, Aamir Jafarey, Ahmed Mandil and Arash Rashidian
Volume 30, issue 11, November 2024
Special issue on tobacco products and sugar-sweetened beverages taxation
Guest editors: Douglas Bettcher , Juliette McHardy, Anne Marie Perucic, Jeffrey Drope and Francesco Branca
Volume 31, issue 2, February 2025 (Gaza special issue part 1)
Special issue on the medical risks and public health implications of the war in Gaza (part 1)
Guest editors: Izzeldin Abuelaish and Altaf Musani
Volume 31, issue 4 (Gaza special issue part 2), April 2025
Special issue on the medical risks and public health implications of the war in Gaza (part 2)
Guest editors: Izzeldin Abuelaish and Altaf Musani
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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