Editorial

From health systems to health sovereignty across Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean

• Hanan Balkhy

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Research articles

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV among male injecting drug users in Afghanistan

• Mir S Hakim, Mohammad H Hashimi, Khwaja MI Saeed, Shoaib Naeemi, Faridullah Safi, Sayed A Sayedzai, Hizbullah Jalil, Delawar K Noorzai, Sharif AH Ahmadzai and Abdul W Amiri

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Duration and determinants of delayed diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Algeria

• Lotfi Nacef, Mohamed-Lamine Atif and Samya Taright-Mahi

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East Mediterr Health J. 2026;32(2):69–76. https://doi.org/10.26719/2026.32.2.69

A cross-sectional study of scorpion stings in high-risk areas of Islamic Republic of Iran

• Esmail Amiri Ghannat Saman, Hossein Dehghan and Ehsan Movahed

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Prevalence of dental caries among schoolchildren in Saudi Arabia

• Ashraf A’aqoulah, Ghadeer Alotaibi, Nisreen Innab, Atika A Al Sudairy, Ahmed Bawa Kuyini and Raghib Abusaris

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Smartphone addiction and motor-cognitive performance among adolescents in Tunisia

• Mohamed Yaakoubi, Ahmed Ghorbel, Anis Saddoud, Liwa Masmoudi, Omar Trabelsi, Faical Farhat and Adnene Gharbi

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Reviews

A review of access of persons with disabilities to health care services in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

• Aseel Hamid, Ahmad Habboush, Sara Isameldin MohamedAhmed Alamin, Dalia Boles, Deena Al Asfoor, Hamid Ravaghi, Kaloyan Kamenov, Hala Sakr Ali and Maria Kett

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Progress towards elimination of leprosy in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

• Supriya Warusavithana, Mona Osman, Basma Saleh, Nevin Wilson, Vivek Lal and Venkata RR Pemmaraju

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