According to recent estimates, the kingdom ranks the highest second country in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region for Leishmaniasis (L. major) infection, with more than 4,000 reported cases; and the third country for Hookworm infection in the region, with 0.4 million reported cases. Lymphatic filariasis also has been reported in Saudi Arabia [9]. Accurate estimates of the NTD’s cases in...

Drawing on 265 national sample surveys spanning 83 countries we find that there was a net decrease in the overall incidence of consumption poverty over 1987-98. But it was not enough to reduce the total number of poor by various definitions. The incidence of poverty fell in Asia and the Middle East—North Africa. It changed little in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, and it rose sharply in E...

The lions of North Africa were unique in ecological terms as well as from a human cultural perspective and were the definitive lions of Roman and Medieval Europe. Labelled "Barbary" lions, they were once numerous in North Africa but were exterminated by the mid-20th century. Despite subsequent degeneration of the Atlas Mountain ecosystem through human pressures, the feasibility of lion reintrod...

context this systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to determine the prevalence (by overall relative frequency) and clinical information of the behcet’s disease in middle east and north africa (mena) and it has an important effect on the health policy and performing complementary studies in future. evidence acquisition we performed this systematic literature review from several datab...

present study, compares iran's agricultural products competitiveness power with mena's countries during 1995-2011. for accomplishing mentioned goal, first, agricultural commodities export and import indices calculated for each one of twenty countries of mentioned region and then revealed comparative advantages index of agricultural commodities trade calculated. results showed that iran had comp...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing dramatically in the Middle East and North Africa region. However, there are few trials that have determined the effect of antidiabetic treatment in an observational setting in these countries. METHODS This was a noninterventional study performed in Morocco in 2006-2007 and in the Middle East in 2005-2006 to observe the efficacy and sa...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a group of hepatic diseases that range in severity. NAFLD is increasingly recognized as an epidemic among different populations, including those in Africa and the Middle East. The objective of this narrative review is to document the prevalence of and risk factors for NAFLD in Africa and the Middle East and the potential implications on the ...