This article explores a series of narratives collected during the Covid-19 pandemic and after port explosion in Beirut. The selected cover “meaningful encounters” defined by authors as acts urban engagement that are able to challenge dominant or prejudiced perceptions city. These spontaneous sometimes prolonged interactions seem strengthen collective foster new opportunities be together strenuo...

Background: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic inflammatory disorders associated with a dysregulated adaptive and innate immune response to gut commensals in genetically susceptible individuals. The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease is complex, and the disease is characterized by significant phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity. Summary: The introduction of anti-TNF b...

While most hypertension in children has been previously considered secondary to renal, cardiovascular or endocrine etiology, a substantial number of children aged 6 to 20 years are now diagnosed with primary or essential hypertension. Hypertension in children and adolescents seems to be increasing over the past two decades. This is attributed at least in part to an increased prevalence of overw...

Objective: Screening of mental health problems in children and adolescents is necessary for epidemiological research on the prevalence of these problems. We conducted a population screening study of emotional and behavioral disorders among 1200 11-16 year old adolescents in Beirut, Lebanon. Method: Data was collected from parents and youth using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Twe...

1 McMaster Health Forum, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2 Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway, 3 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 4 Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Mal...

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