1Department of Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 2Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 3Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 4Department of Dentistry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 5Department of Anesthesia, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 6Department of Geriatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qata...

1 Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Doha, Qatar, 2 Endurance Research Group, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, United Kingdom, 3 Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Exercise and Sports Science Department, Doha, Qatar, 4 Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and...

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)...

Background: Qatar, one of the smallest and wealthiest countries in the world, is a newly emerging healthcare system. Medical leadership in Qatar has had to create an infrastructure for medical care over the past twenty years. The purpose of this paper is to review the challenges and achievements of the newly emerging Qatar healthcare system. Methods: PubMed was searched using MESH terms: Qatar,...

There is growing concern over increasing incidences of road accidents and consequent loss of human life in Qatar. In light to the future planned event in Qatar, World Cup 2022; Qatar should put into consideration the future deaths caused by road accidents, and past trends should be considered to give a reasonable picture of what may happen in the future. Qatar roads should be arranged and paved...

BACKGROUND The aim of this work was to analyse the past trends of biomedical and cancer publications from Qatar listed on PubMed for the years 2000-2012. These findings were then compared with the corresponding global number of publications. METHODS PubMed was searched for cancer publications, clinical trials, publications on humans or other species. Searching for "Qatar*" in the "Affiliation...

1 Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar; E-Mail: [email protected] 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] 3 College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab E...

The State of Qatar is a small oil and gas-rich Gulf country that is experiencing rapid development in health care services, including pharmaceutical services. To date, there is no autonomous professional pharmacy association or society that regulates or promotes the practice of pharmacy in Qatar, and the challenges that face the profession of pharmacy in Qatar mirror the challenges facing the p...

GDP (Gross domestic product) and per capita GDP data of six GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries were collected and analysed by randomized complete bock design and pair-wise multiple comparison. It is observed that GDP of Saudi Arabia is significantly higher than that of all other GCC countries. The GDP of Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait are similar. The GDP of UAE is significantly higher t...