Driven by increasing self-confidence and encouraged Western states, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have gained a prominent role in multilateral efforts to foster peacebuilding Yemen since the country experienced increased conflict from 2004 onwards. Based on “negative positive peace framework” proposed Johan Galtung, it is possible argue that lack of focus GCC fostering “positive peace” ...

background: schistosomiasis and soil transmitted infection is a major health problem of children from rural areas of developing countries including yemen. in an attempt to reduce this burden, the ministry of public health and population in yemen established in 2002 a programme for schisto-somal, soil transmitted infection control that aimed to reduce morbidity and prevalence rates of schistosom...

background: khat chewing is popular among yemenis. this study was performed to investigate the effects of khat chewing on periodontal tissue and oral hygiene status. methods: a total of 730 subjects (336 chewers and 394 non-chewers with a mean age of 31.5 ± 0.8 and 29.4 ± 0.9 years, respectively) were involved. clinical data on periodontal tissues, oral hygiene status, gingival bleeding, burnin...