1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461042203321

Autore

Organization World Health

Titolo

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal  Vol. 20 No. 11  2014 [[electronic resource] ] : Trilingual edition English/French/Arabic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 2014

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (87 p.)

Disciplina

338.4

Soggetti

Medical care -- Middle East -- Periodicals

Public health -- Mediterranean region -- Periodicals

Public health -- Middle East -- Periodicals

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Editorials; Prevention of type 2 diabetes - where is the evidence?; References; Continuing progress in the priority health areas: actions for Member States and WHO; References; Research articles; Confidentiality, informed consent and children's participation in the Saudi biobank governance: a comparative study; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Adjustment factors to per capita health-care indicators in countries with expatriate male-majority populations; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; References

Household food insecurity in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysisIntroduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; Déterminants des délais de consultation, de diagnostic et de traitement des nouveaux patients tuberculeux pulmonaires à microscopie positive au Maroc : étude étude transversale; Introduction; Méthodes; Analyse des données; Résultats; Discussion; Remerciements; Références; Adverse health effects of spousal violence among women attending Saudi Arabian primary health-care clinics; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion

ConclusionReferences; Prevalence of thalassaemia, iron-deficiency anaemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency among Arab migrating nomad children, southern Islamic Republic of Iran;



Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Oral health status of 12-year-old male schoolchildren in Medina, Saudi Arabia; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements; Conclusions; References; Short communication; Pattern of beverage intake and milk and dairy products sufficiency among high-school students in Kuwait; Introduction; Methods

ResultsDiscussion; References; Regional Committee decisions; Resolutions of the Sixty-first Session of the Regional Committee, October 2014; EM/RC61/R.1 Annual report of the Regional Director for 2013; EM/RC61/R.2 Global health security - challenges and opportunities with special emphasis on the International Health Regulations (2005); EM/RC61/R.3 Noncommunicable diseases: scaling up implementation of the Political Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly; Emergency preparedness and response; Preamble; Introduction; Way forward; Managing all-hazard emergencies

Priority actions for considerationConclusion; Note; WHO events addressing public health priorities; MERS-CoV: new initiatives in research and scaling up infection prevention and control measures in healthcare settings; Approaches to dealing with the threat of MERS-CoV; Multi-country research into risk factors for MERS-CoV infection; Scaling up infection prevention and control measures for MERS-CoV; Training on outbreak response for GOARN partners

Sommario/riassunto

The EMHJ was launched in 1995 as a peer-reviewed medical journal. Starting January 2010  the Journal has been given a new format and is now published monthly. The EMHJ serves as a forum for the dissemination of biomedical information through the publication of scientific research papers on a range of topics related to public health  with particular relevance to the Eastern Mediterranean Region.        In this month's issue: Editorial: Prevention of type 2 diabetes - where is the evidence? Editorial: Continuing progress in the priority health areas: actions for Member States and WHO; Confidenti