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Tobacco and household expenditure in Egypt: insights into socioeconomic inequalities and spending profiles from the Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey Open
Background Tobacco use deepens poverty. Egypt, a lower-middle income country, is one of the few countries worldwide where tobacco use is rising. However, no published study examined the adverse impacts of tobacco on the Egyptian household …
View article: Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 infection and its impact on the outcome in children and adolescents with benign and malignant hematological disease in Egypt: a single-center experience
Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 infection and its impact on the outcome in children and adolescents with benign and malignant hematological disease in Egypt: a single-center experience Open
Background It is known that viral infections are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised children. Few reports describe the clinical manifestations and outcomes of COVID-19 infection in children and adolescen…
View article: 245 - Aberdeen Sexual Function Improvement Index (SFI-I): A Novel Brief Sexual Health Assessment Index for Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence
245 - Aberdeen Sexual Function Improvement Index (SFI-I): A Novel Brief Sexual Health Assessment Index for Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence Open
Hypothesis / aims of study: To describe for the first time the Aberdeen Sexual Function Index (SFI-I) questionnaire and evaluate its ability to determine the changes in the sexual function in women following surgical interventions for SUI.…
View article: Development of a policy brief to reform waterpipe tobacco taxation in Egypt
Development of a policy brief to reform waterpipe tobacco taxation in Egypt Open
Background: Waterpipe tobacco smoking is increasing in Egypt, although there are several interventions to reduce its use. Aim: To describe the development of a policy brief to reform waterpipe tobacco taxation in Egypt. Methods: During 201…
View article: Comparison of different noninvasive scores for assessing hepatic fibrosis in a cohort of chronic hepatitis C patients
Comparison of different noninvasive scores for assessing hepatic fibrosis in a cohort of chronic hepatitis C patients Open
The continuous search for simple, noninvasive methods for assessing liver fibrosis remains very important to help risk-stratify and follow-up patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic perfor…
View article: Health-Related Quality of Life among COVID-19 Patients Discharged from Ain Shams University Isolation Hospitals, 2021
Health-Related Quality of Life among COVID-19 Patients Discharged from Ain Shams University Isolation Hospitals, 2021 Open
Background A significant proportion of individuals, including those who were hospitalized, through the global pandemic of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), experienced residual symptoms following acute COVID-19 infection. Acco…
View article: Modelling the potential clinical and economic impact of universal antenatal hepatitis C (HCV) screening and providing treatment for pregnant women with HCV and their infants in Egypt: a cost-effectiveness study
Modelling the potential clinical and economic impact of universal antenatal hepatitis C (HCV) screening and providing treatment for pregnant women with HCV and their infants in Egypt: a cost-effectiveness study Open
Backgrounds and aims Pregnant women and children are not included in Egypt’s hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination programmes. This study assesses the cost-effectiveness of several screening and treatment strategies for pregnant women and in…
View article: "Medication Related Osteonecrosis of Jaw (MRONJ): A Case Report of the Synergistic Effect of Pentoxifyllin and Tocopherol (PENTO Protocol) in Treatment of MRONJ"
"Medication Related Osteonecrosis of Jaw (MRONJ): A Case Report of the Synergistic Effect of Pentoxifyllin and Tocopherol (PENTO Protocol) in Treatment of MRONJ" Open
Osteonecrosis of the jaw is a rare condition in which part of your Jawbone exposed through your gum. This area does not receive blood, causing bone cells to die. It is classified as drug-induced jaw osteonecrosis, osteoradionecrosis, traum…
View article: From knowledge production to knowledge translation:Waterpipe tobacco control research in the EasternMediterranean Region
From knowledge production to knowledge translation:Waterpipe tobacco control research in the EasternMediterranean Region Open
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) are the highest worldwide, particularly among young people. Although fiscal policies to curb tobacco use have been recommended by the World Health Organization…
View article: Corrigendum to “Modelling the potential effectiveness of hepatitis C screening and treatment strategies during pregnancy in Egypt and Ukraine” [J Hepatol (2023) 937–946]
Corrigendum to “Modelling the potential effectiveness of hepatitis C screening and treatment strategies during pregnancy in Egypt and Ukraine” [J Hepatol (2023) 937–946] Open
Modelling the potential effectiveness of hepatitis C screening and treatment strategies during pregnancy in Egypt and UkraineJournal of HepatologyVol. 78Issue 5PreviewHCV test and treat campaigns currently exclude pregnant women. Pregnancy…
View article: Acceptability of hepatitis C screening and treatment during pregnancy in pregnant women in Egypt, Pakistan, and Ukraine: A cross-sectional survey
Acceptability of hepatitis C screening and treatment during pregnancy in pregnant women in Egypt, Pakistan, and Ukraine: A cross-sectional survey Open
Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) in women of childbearing age is a major public health concern with ∼15 million women aged 15–49 years living with HCV globally in 2019. Evidence suggests HCV in pregnancy is associated with adverse pregnancy and i…
View article: Health and economic impacts of introducing specific excise tax to waterpipe tobacco in Egypt: a simulation model of simple and mixed tax policy approaches
Health and economic impacts of introducing specific excise tax to waterpipe tobacco in Egypt: a simulation model of simple and mixed tax policy approaches Open
Introduction Waterpipe tobacco is taxed at half the rate of cigarettes in Egypt and, unlike cigarettes, does not have a specific excise component. We aimed to simulate the introduction of a specific excise tax on waterpipe tobacco consumpt…
View article: From the international tobacco control arena to the local context: a qualitative study on the tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship legislative environment in Sudan and the challenges characterising it
From the international tobacco control arena to the local context: a qualitative study on the tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship legislative environment in Sudan and the challenges characterising it Open
Objectives The aim of the study was to assess the Sudanese tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS) legislative environment and the challenges characterising it. We formulated three research questions: What is the TAPS policy …
View article: Modelling the potential effectiveness of hepatitis C screening and treatment strategies during pregnancy in Egypt and Ukraine
Modelling the potential effectiveness of hepatitis C screening and treatment strategies during pregnancy in Egypt and Ukraine Open
In the context of two lower middle-income countries with high HCV burdens (Egypt and Ukraine), we designed a decision analytic model to explore five different HCV testing and treatment strategies for pregnant women, with the assumption tha…
View article: Impact of waterpipe tobacco taxation on consumption, government revenue and premature deaths averted in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine: a simulation study
Impact of waterpipe tobacco taxation on consumption, government revenue and premature deaths averted in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine: a simulation study Open
Introduction Despite the high prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking in the Eastern Mediterranean region, evidence supporting its fiscal measures is limited. We modelled the impact of waterpipe tobacco-specific excise taxes on consumption…
View article: Maternal knowledge, coping strategies, and metabolic control of children with type 1 diabetes
Maternal knowledge, coping strategies, and metabolic control of children with type 1 diabetes Open
Background Trends of type 1 diabetes have increased among Egyptian children in the past two decades. Managing a child with type 1 diabetes is a great challenge for parents especially when the child is not developmentally able to manage the…
View article: Estimating the impacts of waterpipe tobaccotaxation on demand: Evidence from asubgroup analysis in Lebanon
Estimating the impacts of waterpipe tobaccotaxation on demand: Evidence from asubgroup analysis in Lebanon Open
reports of data from original research.• Policy Case Studies -brief articles on policy development at a regional or national level.• Study Protocols -Articles describing a research protocol of a study.• Methodology Papers -Papers that pres…
View article: Gender differences in the price elasticity of demand for waterpipe and cigarette smoking in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine: a volumetric choice experiment
Gender differences in the price elasticity of demand for waterpipe and cigarette smoking in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine: a volumetric choice experiment Open
Objectives This study assessed the extent to which the elasticity of cigarette and waterpipe tobacco products differs between men and women. We also explored the levels of substitution and complementarity in tobacco products among men and …
View article: Validation of the FENCE Risk Groups for Prediction of Febrile Neutropenia With First-Cycle Chemotherapy
Validation of the FENCE Risk Groups for Prediction of Febrile Neutropenia With First-Cycle Chemotherapy Open
Background The FEbrile Neutropenia after ChEmotherapy (FENCE) score was developed to estimate the risk of febrile neutropenia (FN) at first cycle of chemotherapy but has not been externally validated. We aimed to validate the FENCE score b…
View article: Tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean region: implementation progress and persisting challenges
Tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean region: implementation progress and persisting challenges Open
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable mortality worldwide, projected to claim 1 billion lives in the twenty-first century.1 Tobacco prevalence rates are expected to decrease across all the WHO regions by 2025 as a result of tobac…
View article: Prevalence of cigarette and waterpipe tobacco smoking among adults in three Eastern Mediterranean countries: a cross-sectional household survey
Prevalence of cigarette and waterpipe tobacco smoking among adults in three Eastern Mediterranean countries: a cross-sectional household survey Open
Objectives Tobacco smoking is on the rise in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In light of limited surveillance of smoking in the region, this study sought to understand the prevalence of cigarette and waterpipe smoking among adults and th…
View article: Reporting Medication Errors and Drug Therapy Problems Through the Egyptian National Electronic Reporting System in 56 Governmental Hospitals during 2019
Reporting Medication Errors and Drug Therapy Problems Through the Egyptian National Electronic Reporting System in 56 Governmental Hospitals during 2019 Open
Introduction Several countries have adopted national reporting systems of medication errors such as in the UK and the USA. Egypt has a new national reporting system of medication error (MEs) & drug therapy problems (DTPs), the NO HARMe (th…
View article: Acceptability of Hepatitis C screening and treatment during pregnancy in pregnant women in Egypt, Pakistan and Ukraine
Acceptability of Hepatitis C screening and treatment during pregnancy in pregnant women in Egypt, Pakistan and Ukraine Open
The risk of vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is ≈6%, and there is growing evidence that maternal HCV adversely affects pregnancy and infant outcomes. However, antenatal HCV screening is not routinely provided in most settin…
View article: Perceived efficacy of existing waterpipe tobacco warning labels versus novel enhanced generic and waterpipe-specific sets
Perceived efficacy of existing waterpipe tobacco warning labels versus novel enhanced generic and waterpipe-specific sets Open
Introduction Since 2008, Egypt has four existing generic bi-annually rotating warning labels (WLs) on 50% of the waterpipe tobacco packs (WTPs). The Ministry of Health Tobacco Control Unit proposed increasing WL size to 80%, removing colou…