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Updated Surveillance Metrics and History of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023) in the Middle East and North Africa: Longitudinal Trend Analysis

Updated Surveillance Metrics and History of the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2023) in the Middle East and North Africa: Longitudinal Trend Analysis

We adopt the World Bank's definition of MENA, which is based on economic development and geographical proximity, encompassing Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia [9].

Alan G Soetikno, Alexander L Lundberg, Egon A Ozer, Scott A Wu, Sarah B Welch, Maryann Mason, Yingxuan Liu, Robert J Havey, Robert L Murphy, Claudia Hawkins, Charles B Moss, Lori Ann Post

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2024;10:e53219

Cost-Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Versus Usual Care During Humanitarian Crises in Lebanon: Pragmatic Randomized Trial

Cost-Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Versus Usual Care During Humanitarian Crises in Lebanon: Pragmatic Randomized Trial

Elsewhere, we demonstrated that the Sb S intervention is effective in reducing depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress and in improving personal and social functioning and subjective well-being in Lebanese citizens, Syrians, and other populations residing in Lebanon [11,12]. The objective of this paper was to report on the cost-effectiveness of offering the effective Sb S intervention in Lebanon.

Racha Abi Hana, Jinane Abi Ramia, Sebastian Burchert, Kenneth Carswell, Pim Cuijpers, Eva Heim, Christine Knaevelsrud, Philip Noun, Marit Sijbrandij, Mark van Ommeren, Edith van’t Hof, Ben Wijnen, Edwina Zoghbi, Rabih El Chammay, Filip Smit

JMIR Ment Health 2024;11:e55544

Perceptions of, and Obstacles to, SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Among Adults in Lebanon: Cross-sectional Online Survey

Perceptions of, and Obstacles to, SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Among Adults in Lebanon: Cross-sectional Online Survey

SARS-Co V-2 vaccination began in Lebanon on February 14, 2021 [7]. The Pfizer-Bio NTech, Sputnik V, Oxford-Astra Zeneca, and Sinopharm vaccines had been approved for use in Lebanon at the time [8]. Despite efforts from the Lebanese government and international aid to secure adequate supply of SARS-Co V-2 vaccines of multiple formulations, as of November 9, 2021, only 1,583,289 people had been fully vaccinated, representing approximately 23% of the total population [1,9-11].

Nadeem Elias Abou-Arraj, Diana Maddah, Vanessa Buhamdan, Roua Abbas, Nadine Kamel Jawad, Fatima Karaki, Nael H Alami, Pascal Geldsetzer

JMIR Form Res 2022;6(12):e36827

Evaluating the Effectiveness of an E-Mental Health Intervention for People Living in Lebanon: Protocol for Two Randomized Controlled Trials

Evaluating the Effectiveness of an E-Mental Health Intervention for People Living in Lebanon: Protocol for Two Randomized Controlled Trials

Lebanon has a history of political instability that has negatively impacted the development of the country. There are approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, of which 74% are lacking legal status [4]. The country’s resources are extremely stretched, and the growing number of refugees puts extra pressure on the labor market and infrastructure.

Edith van 't Hof, Eva Heim, Jinane Abi Ramia, Sebastian Burchert, Ilja Cornelisz, Pim Cuijpers, Rabih El Chammay, Melissa Harper Shehadeh, Philip Noun, Filip Smit, Chris van Klaveren, Mark van Ommeren, Edwina Zoghbi, Kenneth Carswell

JMIR Res Protoc 2021;10(1):e21585

SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in the Middle East and North Africa: Longitudinal Trend Analysis

SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in the Middle East and North Africa: Longitudinal Trend Analysis

Food insecurity poses a significant public health concern in countries with high refugee per capita concentration, such as Lebanon and Jordan [18-20]. Refugee populations are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 as they are often concentrated in densely populated camps with poor hygiene measures and fragmented access to health care [12].

Lori Ann Post, Emily Marogi, Charles B Moss, Robert Leo Murphy, Michael G Ison, Chad J Achenbach, Danielle Resnick, Lauren Singh, Janine White, Sarah B Welch, James Francis Oehmke

J Med Internet Res 2021;23(1):e25830

Guidelines and mHealth to Improve Quality of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Care for Vulnerable Populations in Lebanon: Longitudinal Cohort Study

Guidelines and mHealth to Improve Quality of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Care for Vulnerable Populations in Lebanon: Longitudinal Cohort Study

As of January 2017, over one million Syrian refugees were registered with UNHCR in Lebanon [1]. With an estimated 183 refugees per 1000 inhabitants at the end of 2015, Lebanon hosts the highest ratio of refugees-to-host population worldwide [2]. The humanitarian response in Lebanon is coordinated through an interagency mechanism established by UNHCR and the Lebanese government, integrating refugee assistance into existing clinics.

Shannon Doocy, Kenneth E Paik, Emily Lyles, Hok Hei Tam, Zeina Fahed, Eric Winkler, Kaisa Kontunen, Abdalla Mkanna, Gilbert Burnham

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2017;5(10):e158