Middle East countries unite against common enemy

Comparative study of nursing education in three Middle East countries

Background & Objective: In the university system, the purpose of education is to make appropriate changes in the graduates. Almost in all societies, educational goals are similar to each other, but planning relate to the traditions and cultures of each society. The aim of this study was to compare and matching the nursing curriculum in three countries: Iran, Jordan and Turkey. Materials and Me...

Organ donation in the Middle East countries.

More than 29 countries have membership of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT), and collectively these countries have a population > 600 million. These include all Arab countries, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, and countries of central Asia. There are common features of organ transplantation in the Middle East countries that include inadequate preventive medicine, uneven health in...

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

Influenza Vaccination: Healthcare Workers Attitude in Three Middle East Countries

BACKGROUND Healthcare workers (HCWs) pose a potential risk of transmitting communicable diseases in the hospital settings where they usually work. This study aims to determine the current influenza vaccination rates among HCWs in three Middle East countries namely United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and Oman, and also to identify the different variables associated with the noncompliance of HCWs ...

Sickle cell disease in Middle East Arab countries

The sickle cell (HbS) gene occurs at a variable frequency in the Middle Eastern Arab countries, with characteristic distribution patterns and representing an overall picture of blood genetic disorders in the region. The origin of the gene has been debated, but studies using β-globin gene haplotypes have ascertained that there were multiple origins for HbS. In some regions the HbS gene is common...