BACKGROUND Care during pregnancy and labour is of great importance in every culture. Studies show that people of migrant origin have barriers to obtaining accessible and good quality care compared to people in the host society. The aim of this study is to compare the access to and use of maternity services, and their outcomes among ethnic minority women having a singleton birth in Finland. ME...

The Middle East and North Africa (henceforth MENA) are areas of conflict and opposed perceptions. The last three months have seen unprecedented protests and revolutions in almost all Arab countries (“Arab Spring”), starting in Tunisia with the flight of Ben Ali and his family, spreading to Egypt with the overthrow of Mubarak and his government, and to Libya with its civil war and most recently ...

he year 2011 was one of remarkable and uneven transition in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Mass uprisings in cities in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya brought about changes in governments; protests have quelled in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen; and cautious reforms were introduced in Saudi Arabia. The situation remains very fluid, but there is a consensus that 2011 ushered in a period of f...

The wave of popular uprisings that spread across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in late 2010 brought together a number of societal actors that have since pushed for a significant transformation of their countries. Civil society movements have been at the forefront of this change. However, they currently struggle to define their role and face many obstacles. This Issue Brief explores th...

suicide is a complex phenomenon with multiple diverse causes. it is obvious that if the media give rewards to the suicides directly or indirectly, they will have more copycat effect. it seems that political means in the #_> mainstream media, particularly in the western world overshadow public health- especially mental health- issues. selection of a tunisian fruit vendor who set himself on fire ...

syrian rue or harmal ( peganum harmala l.), belonged to the family of peganaceae, grows in semi-arid climates such as the middle east and north africa. traditionally, this plant, especially the seeds, has been recognized for its several medicinal uses. in this stydy, genetic diversity between 21 harmal accessions, collected from different regions of iran were evaluated by inter simple sequence ...

This paper investigates the educational development in the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on data from different international and national institutions. The paper begins with a review of similarities between countries within the region, and continues by investigating the situation of basic education, literacy rates and quality of education. In the third section, issues of inequality bet...

Hepatitis C virus and HIV infections among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa: a neglected public health burden? Ghina R Mumtaz, Helen A Weiss and Laith J Abu-Raddad Corresponding author: Ghina R Mumtaz, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation Education City, P.O. Box 24144, Doha, Qatar. Tel: (974)...

Response We are able to compare our spectrum of travellers to the WTO travel statistics for Switzerland and to European airport studies. From there, we know that travellers to North Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean region are underrepresented as we have highlighted in the DISCUSSION section. In addition, we have specified the manuscript title to clearly state that only travellers to re...