Sir, Background The importance given to developing national systems for research for health is increasing rapidly around the world, especially following the Global Ministe-Cooperation Unit (RPC) of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO) published the results of a National Health Research System (NHRS) analysis that it had undertaken in 5 countri...

introduction all nations are striving for development. economic development is one of the main parts of development process, but not all of it. populations health is one of the main factors of economic development, and child’s mortality is one of the main factors of population health status. the aim of this study is investigating the role of socioeconomic disparties in under 5 mortality in east...

introduction the preservation and promotion of the health in children who are one of the most vulnerable parts in any society has an important role in the health system of each country. in this study, the socioeconomic factors affecting the infant mortality in eastern mediterranean regional office (emro) countries have been examined during the time period from 2000 to 2013. materials and method...

Introduction: Investigation trend of age distribution can be helpful for policymakers to predict the potential challenges of health care systems in order to improve responsibilities to future health needs. Therefore the aim of the present study was to investigate the trend of age distribution in the EMRO region in order to determine future health policy requirements. <str...

conclusions hbv and hcv are important culprits of hcc in emro countries and the middle east and different nations need different strategies to tackle them accordingly. countries with high rates of hbv such as turkey should continue their hbv vaccination and also increase sanitation. nations with high hcv rates such as egypt should maintain their blood product monitoring in addition to increased...

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results we included 66 eligible studies. the pooled prevalence of hbsag in blood donors of both emro and middle eastern (e and m) countries was 2.03% (95% confidence interval [ci]: 1.79 – 2.26). in addition, the prevalence rates in the emro countries was 1.99% (95% ci: 1.84 – 2.14) and 1.62% in the middle eastern countries (95% ci: 1.36 – 1.88). the prevalence among blood donors with more than ...

background: as one of the main criteria of health outcomes, maternal mortality indicates the socioeconomic development level of countries. the present study aimed at identifying and analyzing the effective factors on maternal mortality in eastern mediterranean region (emr) of the world health organization (who).   methods: analytical model was developed based on the literature review. panel dat...

Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health, the State Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have been implementing control measures to reduce the risk of sustained transmission, as well as to minimize the impact on the affected population. Several activities have been taking place over the last weeks including strengthening of the surveillance system, vector control activities, imp...