Diarrheal diseases are among the leading causes of death among children in developing
countries and claimed an estimated 1.4 to 2.5 million lives in the year 2000. 1-4 In …

The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is considered among the world's most vulnerable
to the dire impacts of climate change. This review paper aims at (1) characterizing climate …

The WHO has classified carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in most critical priority
pathogens that pose a threat to human health. The present study investigated the …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Diarrheal disease is the commonchildhood illness and a
leading killer of children aged under 5 years, especially in developing countries like …

Objectives: To summarize the existing knowledge of the impact of climate change on health
from previous research in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) and identify knowledge …

Background In October 2010 an outbreak of cholera began among a group of small-scale
gold miners in the East-Akim Municipality (EAM), Eastern Region. We investigated to verify …

Despite the efforts of the international community diarrheal diseases still pose a major threat
to children in children less than five years of age. Bacterial diarrhea has also emerged as a …

The enteric pathogens causing diarrhoea impair children's health severely. This study
retrospectively analysed 1577 pathogens isolated from inpatients and outpatients in six …

Cholera is one of the notifiable endemic diseases in Pakistan, but the reporting of cholera
cases is still unsatisfactory. Most of the diagnosed cases are never reported to the relevant …

OBJECTIVE: To identify the presenting features and spectrum of pathogens in adult patients
with acute diarrhoea and to determine the predictors of stool culture positivity. METHODS: A …