1Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine, Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Lebanon 2Chief of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Lebanese American University Medical Center Rizk Hospital, Lebanon 3Department of Pediatric Surgery, Al-Hayat Hospital, Lebanon 4Department of Radiology, Al-Hayat Hospital, Lebanon 5Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Saint George Hospital University Medi...

1Faculty of Public Health, Balamand University, Beirut, Lebanon. 2Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. 3Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon. 4Division of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Lebanese Council for Scientific Research, Beirut, Lebanon. 5Chronic Care Centre, Hazmieh, Lebanon. Received: 14/05/03; accepted: 14/09/03 SUMMARY A ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. 2 School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 3 Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. 4 Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Leba...

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 2 Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 3 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 4 Department of Experimental Patholo...

BACKGROUND Lebanon, a small Middle Eastern country facing constant political and national unity challenges with a population of approximately 300,000 Palestinian and Iraqi refugees, has welcomed more than 1.2 million Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-registered Syrian refugees since 2012. The Government of Lebanon considers individuals who crossed Lebanese-Syrian bo...

The Syrian conflict has displaced five million individuals outside their country with Lebanon hosting the largest numbers per capita. Around 24% of Syrian refugees fleeing to Lebanon are women of reproductive age (15-49). Yet, a better understanding of the sexual and reproductive health needs of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon is required to improve provided services. Eleven focus group discuss...

R. Brooks Robey and Mardi A. Crane-Godreau Research and Development Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont; Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND We recently proposed that Lebanon could become a regional 'academic hub' through the repatriation of emigrated Lebanese physicians who would then provide clinical services in the Arab Gulf region on a locum tenens basis. The objectives of this study were to assess the willingness of Lebanese medical graduates practicing in the United States of America to relocate to Leb...

Design/bid/build and design/build are two principal project delivery systems used worldwide. The performance of each project may differ with the type of procurement system used. This study has two aims: firstly, to assess and compare the performance of design/bid/build and design/build projects in Lebanon; secondly, to compare the results with the performance of equivalent systems in the Far Ea...

In order to evaluate for the first time, the serological prevalence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) and other Simbu group viruses in Lebanon, sheep originating from 15 Lebanese regions were sampled in September 2016. A total number of 750 serum samples from Awassi sheep were tested by ELISA for viral nucleoprotein antibodies. From the sampled animals, 122 animals were seropositive to SBV/Simbu gro...