results we included 20 articles in our meta-analysis. the pooled hbsag prevalence in children of e and m countries was 2.73% (95% ci: %1.73% - 3.72%). the prevalence rates in the emro and middle eastern countries were 1.85% (95% ci: 1.27% - 2.43%) and 2.66% (95% ci: 1.31% - 4.01%), respectively. the prevalence rates amongst children in nations considered in more than one study were 0.81% (95% c...

It took 10 years from the moment the last case of malaria was reported to the moment the United Arab Emirates (UAE) received certification earlier this year by the World Health Organization (WHO) that it was finally free of the debilitating disease. Eliminating malaria means stamping out endemic cases, or those due to local mosquito-borne transmission, and maintaining this situation for at leas...

Ever since the formation of Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME) in 2003, it has been meeting approximately every two years. The Founding meeting in Cairo was followed by a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2004, the third meeting was held at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran in 2006 while the fourth meeting held at Manama Bahrain from November 5-7th 2008 ha...