Regional meeting to review antimicrobial resistance country programmes
East Mediterr Health J. 2023 Nov 30;29(11):912-913. doi: 10.26719/2023.29.11.912.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38567736 | DOI:10.26719/2023.29.11.912 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - April 3, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research

Increasing access to healthcare in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
East Mediterr Health J. 2024 Feb 25;30(2):91-92. doi: 10.26719/2024.30.2.91.ABSTRACTLessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic have provided an opportunity to intensify efforts towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Innovations in digital health and advances in science witnessed during the pandemic can be harnessed to improve equitable access to healthcare and build resilient health systems. We also have stark reminders that without addressing the needs of the most vulnerable groups and societies, a simple expansion of service delivery efforts may even exacerbate existing inequities in healthcare.P...
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - March 16, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Hanan Balkhy Source Type: research

Changing roles in global health governance following COVID-19
CONCLUSION: The findings position WHO as the current and future top actor in stewardship, production of guidelines and policies, and promoting solidarity and collaboration, and UNICEF as the upcoming most central actor in managing global health challenges. Governments were major actors in all GHG functions except for managing global health challenges. Funding actors were central in all GHG functions, indicating finance as an important factor in obtaining a central role in GHG. Research organizations received a high centrality rating, indicating their importance in GHG.PMID:38491894 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.024 (Source: Easte...
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - March 16, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Wafa Abu El Kheir-Mataria Hassan El-Fawal Sungsoo Chun Source Type: research

Situation analysis of the quality of primary health care services in Pakistan
CONCLUSIONS: Several gaps were identified at the primary healthcare level in Punjab that need to be addressed to improve the quality of service delivery.PMID:38491895 | DOI:10.26719/emhj.24.025 (Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal)
Source: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal - March 16, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Muhammad Navid Tahir Nauman Ali Ch Muhammad Waqas Farooq Ghazanfar Mubin Jafar Riaz Kataria Source Type: research