MM Naguib 1 2 , A Graaf 1 , A Fortin 3 , C Luttermann 4 , U Wernery 5 , N Amarin 6 , HA Hussein 7 , H Sultan 8 , B Al Adhadh 9 , MK Hassan 2 , M Beer 1 , I Monne 3 , TC Harder 1 1. Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Greifswald-Riems, Germany 2. National Laboratory for Veterinary Quality Control on Poultry Production, Animal Health Research Institute, Giza, Egypt 3. ...

Fertility transitions are historically thought to have started in cities and then spread to the rest of the country. This would suggest that in Egypt wewould find that Cairo was well ahead of the rest of the nation in its fertility transition. The data suggest otherwise and highlight the fact that many parts of Cairo are still experiencing high levels of fertility. Population geographers have g...

Cleaner production is essentially aimed at increasing production efficiency, while at the same time eliminating or minimizing wastes and emissions at their source, rather than treating them after they have been generated. The concept is especially important to developing countries, where energy natural resources are scarce, and the pace of environmental degradation is continuously increasing. T...

1Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt. 2Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. High Institute of Public Health, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt (Correspondence to I. Kharboush: [email protected]). ABSTRACT Low birth weight is one of the major determinants of neonatal survival and postneonatal morbidity. This study ...

This article is concerned with the increasing prevalence of torture in Egypt. Torture is a widespread problem in Egypt, being practiced in the majority of police stations and state security places. It has become a routine practice and is seen daily on a systematic basis. The number of people who are subjected every month to torture is unimaginable. In addition, there are deaths that occur as a ...

Continuous circulation of influenza A(H5N1) virus among poultry in Egypt has created an epicenter in which the viruses evolve into newer subclades and continue to cause disease in humans. To detect influenza viruses in Egypt, since 2009 we have actively surveyed various regions and poultry production sectors. From August 2010 through January 2013, >11,000 swab samples were collected; 10% were p...

The legendary wealth in gold of ancient Egypt seems to correspond with an unexpected high number of gold production sites in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and Nubia. This contribution introduces briefly the general geology of these vast regions and discusses the geology of the different varieties of the primary gold occurrences (always related to auriferous quartz mineralization in veins or shear...

Youth aged 15-24 years form 21% of Egypt's population. Tobacco smoking among the young is a health priority in Egypt. This paper reviews the literature on smoking among Egyptian youth, focusing on factors related to social normative influences. The PubMed and PsycInfo databases were searched for articles related to youth, Egypt and smoking; and grey literature from the World Health Organization...

The current health insurance system in Egypt targets the productive population through an employment-based scheme bounded by a cost ceiling and focusing on curative care. Egypt Social Contract Survey data from 2005 were used to evaluate the impact of the employment-based scheme on health system accessibility and financing. Only 22.8% of the population in the productive age range (19-59 years) b...

Egypt began training of physicians in case management of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection (ARI) in the 1980s and 1990s respectively. Data from an independent assessment demonstrate the impact of training in the use of clinical practice guidelines on the quality of clinical examinations of 579 children presenting with diarrhoea or ARI. These examinations were conducted by 115 government...