Current issue: Volume 32 (4), April 2026
Editorial
Lives within reach: Suicide prevention in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):177–178. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.177.
Commentary
Potential and pitfalls of artificial intelligence application in medical diagnostics
Ahmed Ouaamr and Katim Alaoui
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):179–181. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.179.
Research articles
Funding, service and resource gaps at primary health care centres in Iraq
David Collins, Ali Al-Taie, David Hipgrave, Omar Abdul Ameer Al Gumrawi and Ahlam Aziz Ali
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):182–187. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.182.
Five-year analysis of antibiotic consumption at university teaching hospitals in Tunisia
Asma Mhiri1, Manel Turki, Youssef Zanina, Himanshu A Gupte, Garry Aslanyan, Collins Timire, Abubaker Suliman, Hela Ghali, Samiha Toumi, Aida Jarraya, Aimen Abbassi, Khouloud Ben Jeddou, Balsam Kacem, Taoufik Borji, Houyem Laatiri, Myriam Khrouf and Abderrazek Hedhili
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):188–196. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.188.
Multidrug resistance and mortality in patients with hospital-acquired urinary tract infections in Islamic Republic of Iran
Sara Minaeian, Ajay MV Kumar, Marjan R Farzami, Vinayagamoorthy Venugopal, Divya Nair, Kianosh Kamali, Mohammed Zeinali, Arash Seifi, Soheil Rahmani Fard and Azita Nabizadeh
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):197–205. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.197.
Epidemiologic analysis of rabies cases among humans in Iraq
Ghazwan A Baghdadi, Firas Mohammed Zaki, Ihab Raqeeb Aakef, Hussein Gatea Oudah, Shamsulddin Ahmed and Muhammad Hussein Abdulhadi
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):206–211. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.206
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary health care reform in Pakistan
Emma J Hannay, Nukhba Zia, Caitlin Kennedy, Abdul Ghaffar A and David H Peters
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):212–218. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.212
Short research communication
Resurgence of measles in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid declining vaccination coverage
Anes Jogunčić, Asaf Salčinović, Aida Pošković-Bajraktarević, Agnesa Porović-Hodžić, Anisa Bajramović, Alma Bungur, Emina Kurtagić Pepić, Snežana Bursač Aranđelović and Zlatan Hamza
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):219–224. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.219.
Letter to the editor
Scaling up human papilloma virus vaccination in Pakistan
Sara Asif
East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(4):225. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.4.225
