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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-08)Background: Social media are increasingly being used by young adults worldwide. The question is whether they can be successfully incorporated into health programmes to promote physical activity. Aims: To measure the effect ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-08)Background: The worldwide incidence of congenital anomalies (CAs) is estimated at 3–7%, but actual numbers vary widely among countries. Birth defects are the most common causes of infantile mortality, accounting for ~25% ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-08)Background: To measure progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) in the context of ageing, it is necessary to develop suitable monitoring frameworks. The global UHC monitoring framework is focused on priorities for ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-08)Background: Family planning helps to avoid unwanted pregnancy and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. Contraceptive prevalence is still relatively low (58%) in Iraq compared with other countries in the Eastern ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-08)Background: The increasing trend in unnecessary caesarean sections has caused maternal and neonatal health concerns worldwide. Various medical and non-medical interventions have been designed and implemented to reduce ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-08)Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has rapidly spread to most countries around the world. Disproportionate spread of COVID-19 among the Indian community in Kuwait prompted heightened surveillance ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-08)Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected the world in an unprecedented manner and South Asian countries were among the first to experience imported cases. Pakistan’s response to COVID-19 has been under ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-08)Background: In pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), the sputum conversion rate at 2 months is frequently used to evaluate treatment outcomes and effectiveness of a TB control programme. Aims: The study aimed to estimate the rate ...
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Salt content of processed foods in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and compliance with salt standards (World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: The World Health Organization recommends a maximum daily salt intake of 5 g for adults; the Islamic Republic of Iran has national standards for salt content of foods. Aims: This study aimed to determine the ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: The concept of pharmacovigilance is not well known in Libya and its practice is still in the early stages. Aims: This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of pharmacists in Tripoli, ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: Despite the importance of gender and intersectionality in policy-making for human resources for health, these issues have not been given adequate consideration in health workforce recruitment and retention in ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: Despite the widespread literate on health inequalities and their determinants, changes in health inequalities over time have not received enough attention. Aims: To measure and decompose the over-time changes ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: Published data are lacking on response to and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Middle East. What data there are have not been comprehensively analysed Aims: This study aimed to assess the ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: Exposure to violence during childhood can have an adverse effect on health and well-being. Aims: To determine the frequency of exposure to violence among ninth-grade high school students in Kars, Turkey, and ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: Afghanistan is grappling with high burden of malnutrition in women and children and a rising burden of noncommunicable diseases. Aims: A narrative review was conducted with the aim of mapping current nutrition ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: Urinary bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Jordan. No research on survival from bladder cancer at the national level has been conducted before. Aims: This study aimed to estimate the probability ...
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(World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021-07)Background: Efforts to reduce inappropriate hospital stay, including alternatives such as homecare, are important to improve patient care and reduce health care costs. Aims: This study evaluated inappropriate hospital stay ...
