BACKGROUND Rotavirus is a common infection causing 450,000 deaths annually primarily in children 5 years and below. Despite the high burden of disease, little is known about the epidemiology of rotavirus in Libya. The aim of this study was to estimate the rotavirus disease burden among Libyan children. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out prospectively among children 5 years old an...

The confrontation between Paris and Moscow, which commenced at the end of last decade in Sahara-Sahel region, is largely a consequence weaknesses French foreign policy Russia strives to exploit its political economic benefit. hotspots this are Libya Mali, where Franco-Russian rivalry has led global securitization conflict (in both countries), transformation regional balance power Libya), aggrav...

The establishment of the State Israel in 1948 significantly reduced number Jewish displaced persons Italy's DP camps. However, it also marked beginning an unexpected movement some eight thousand Jews who, between and 1949, travelled to Italy from Libya, seeking international assistance resettle Israel. This article explores reasons for which Libya illegally attempted reach camps, role Zionist o...

This study aims investigate the short- and long-run causal relationship between foreign trade economic growth in Libya over period of 1990 - 2017. employs Johansen co-integration test, error correction model (VECM), Wald test to meet objective study. The variables utilised this are gross domestic product (GDP) rate, exports imports; data is extracted from various sources such as Libyan Central ...

To The Editor: I was amazed recently to see a patient from Libya who came to the UK for treatment based on the advice of his Libyan physicians. The patient carried with him no referral letter whatsoever. Not one physician familiar with his case bothered to write a few lines for the poor patient, although each of those doctors saw the patient at least twice and prescribed one or more treatment. ...

Since the late 1970s, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qadhafi has sought to obtain weapons of mass destruction (WMD), particularly chemical and biological weapons (CBW). By the late 1980s, Libya had developed a rudimentary capability to produce such weapons. Western experts view the pursuit of CBW as a means of bolstering Libya’s military capability, since the country lacks effective conventional...

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To The Editor: It is estimated that 1.26 million people worldwide died in 2000 from road traffic accidents, 90% of them in low and middle-income countries. In 2000, the road traffic injury mortality rate for the world was 20.8 per 100,000 populations (30.8 in males, 11.0 in females) [1]. The Arab population constitutes 3.6% of the world's population and it owns 1% of the world's vehicles. Its h...

In Libya neuropathic pain is rarely assessed in patients with diabetes. The Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) pain scale is used worldwide to screen for neuropathic pain. There is no Arabic version of LANSS for use in Libya. The aim of this study was to develop an Arabic version of LANSS and to assess its validity and reliability in diabetic patients in Benghazi, Libya....