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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.

2024 impact factor: 1.9

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Current issue: Volume 31 (11), November 2025

Editorial

Mitigating the effects of funding cuts in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):607–609. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.11.607

Commentary

Global impact of the health funding cuts by the United States of America
Babar Tasneem Shaikh and Mariam Ashraf
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):610–612. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.11.610

Research articles

Assessment of the Global HEARTS Initiative implementation in Morocco
Adil Oummad, Fadoua Rahhaoui, Hanaa Zaidi and Bouchra Assarag
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):613–620. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.11.613

Socioeconomic disparities in hypertension prevalence among adults in Islamic Republic of Iran
Telma Zahirian Moghadam, Erdem Dikici, Farhad Pourfarzi, Sevda Alipour Khabir and Hamed Zandian
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):621–631. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.11.621

Cost analysis of integrated primary health care services in Pakistan
Shiraz Shaikh, Greesh Maheshwari, Saima Ibbad and Ghulam Akbar
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):632–640. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.10.632

Policy and practice

Public health research priorities in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
Sami Al Mudarra, Alaa AlQurashi, Nouf Alzuhayri, Mohammed Alshehri, Rasha Alfawaz, Nada AlNaji, Andrew Amato Gauci and Pasi Penttinen
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):641–648. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.11.641

The role of biobanks in advancing the national biotechnology strategy in Saudi Arabia
Hisham A Badreldin, Lubna Alnasser, Tariq Alqahtani, Abdulrahman Aljouie, Nadin Almosnid, Dalal Aldeghaither, Alaa Alshareeda, Sausan Alfaris, Alaa Zare and Zisis Kozlakidis
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):649–656. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.11.649

Letters to the editor

Gaza’s collapsed health system requires urgent action from the global health community
Pietro De Luca
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):657. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.11.657

Recruit and retain health workers in remote and rural areas of Islamic Republic of Iran
Mohammad Khammarnia and Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(11):658. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.11.658

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