Background Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been
investing in the development of their health systems through implementing reforms to …

Summary Background The Arab world has a set of historical, geopolitical, social, cultural,
and economic characteristics and has been involved in several wars that have affected the …

The global refugee crisis is at its most critical state in history; Syria alone has produced 12
million internally displaced persons, with another 5 million refugees seeking protection …

Since 2011, over four million Syrian refugees have fled to neighboring countries of Lebanon,
Turkey, and Jordan. Seventy‐five percent of Syrian refugees are women and children. In …

In the context of ongoing armed conflicts in Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, it is vital to foster
nuanced understandings of the relationship between health, violence, and everyday life in …

Introduction Conflict adversely impacts health and health systems, yet its effect on health
inequalities, particularly for women and children, has not been systematically studied. We …

Background Since the declaration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 1990,
many countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region made some …

PURPOSE National cancer control strategies have been identified as essential tools for
reducing and managing the growing burden of cancer in low-and middle-income countries …

This study revisits the established correlation between IUU fishing and the quality of
governance. However, rather than relying on estimates of illegally harvested volumes of …

Objectives Despite the rising risk factor exposure and non-communicable disease (NCD)
mortality across the Middle East and the North African (MENA) region, public health policy …