About EMHJ
The Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (EMHJ) is a monthly, open access, international, peer-reviewed journal published by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO). EMHJ publishes papers in all areas of public health, in English, Arabic, and French and in support of the WHO strategic objective of making health knowledge accessible to all.
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EMHJ Guidelines on Ethical Conduct and Publication of Health Research
Important notes for clinical trials funded or sponsored by WHO
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Journal of the WHO Regional Office for Europe (Public Health Panorama)
Pan American Journal of Public Health
The WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health (WHO SEAJPH)
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Editorial team
Hanan Balkhy, Editor-in-Chief
Arash Rashidian, Executive Editor
James Ayodele, Managing Editor
Editorial Board
Akbar Fotouhi
Rita Giacaman
Rana Hajjeh
Ahmed Mandil
Ziad Memish
Arash Rashidian
Abla Mehio Sibai
Sameen Siddiqi
Huda Zurayk
International Advisory Panel
Mansour M Al-Nozha
Fereidoun Azizi
Rafik Boukhris
Zulfiqar Bhutta
Majid Ezzati
Hans V Hogerzeil
Mohamed AGhoneim
Alan Lopez
Hossein Malekafzali
El-Sheikh Mahgoub
Hooman Momen
Sania Nishtar
Hikmat Shaarbaf
Salman Rawaf
Editorial assistants
Marwa Madi, Iman Fawzy, Marwa El Meligy
Editorial support
Graphic designers: Suhaib Salahi-El-Assbahi, Diana Tawadros, Edward Cobos
French editor/translator: Guy Penet
Technical editors: Eva Abdin, Cathel Kerr, Marie-France Roux, Stephanie Hauck
Statistical editors: Abbas Rahimiforoushani, Kufre Okop, Manar El Sheikh Abdelrahman
Arabic technical check: Ahmed Mandil
Web publishing
Nahed El Shazly, Ihab Fouad
Library and printing support
Gehane Al Garraya, Mariam Zaki, Fouad Abdelghaffar, Ahmed Magdy, Amin El Sayed
All issues
Special editions of EMHJ
Special edition on Evidence to Policy for Healthcare, Vol. 29 No. 7, July 2023
Guest editors: Lavis John, Huda Basaleem, Lubna A Al-Ansary, Arash Rashidian and Mehrnaz Kheirandish
Palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 28 No. 8, August 2022
Guest editors: Eric Krakauer, Hibah Osman, Ahmed Mandil and Asmus Hammerich
Refugee and migrant health, Vol. 27 No. 12, December 2021
Tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 26 No. 1, January 2020
Research evidence to meet health workforce challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 24, No. 9, September 2018
Guest editors: Fethiye Gulin Gedik, James Buchan, Zafar Mirza, Arash Rashidian, Sameen Siddiqi and Gilles Dussault
Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 24, No. 1, January 2018
Guest editors: Slim Slama, Asmus Hammerich , Ahmed Mandil, Abla Mehio Sibai, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Kremlin Wickramasinghe and Tom McGee
Substance use and public health, Vol. 23, No. 3, March 2017
Influenza in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 22, No. 7, July 2016
Guest editor: Ahmed Mandil, Joseph Bresee, Mohamed Awad Tageldin, Talat Mokhtari Azad and Wasiq Khan
Mental health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Vol. 21, No. 7, July 2015
Mass gatherings, Vol. 19, Supp. 2, December 2013
Guest editor: Ziad A. Memish
Novel coronavirus infection, Vol. 19, Supp. 1, December 2013
Pakistan, Vol. 16, Supp. December 2010
WHO 60th anniversary, Vol. 14, Supp. December 2008
Guest editors: Haifa Husni Madi and Syed Jaffar Hussain
Health, poverty and development, Vol. 13 No. 6, December 2007
10th Global Forum for Health Research (Forum 10), Vol. 12, Supp. 2, December 2006
Guest editor: S.A. Matlin
Biomedical research ethics, Volume 12, supplement 1, December 2006
Guest editor: Farhat Moazam