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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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Current issue: Volume 31 (3), March 2025

Editorial

An initiative to leverage health diplomacy and leadership to urgently address threats to healthcare in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Hanan Balkhy
East Mediterr Health J. 2024;31(3):157–159. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.157.

Commentaries

Using time series studies to unravel the short-term health effects of particulate matter air pollution in Eastern Mediterranean Region
Aurelio Tobías, Massimo Stafoggia Sophie Gumy, Mazen Malkawi and Heba Safi
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(3):160–162. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.160.

Factors influencing establishment of dengue fever vectors in urban areas
Hassan Nasirian
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(3):163–165. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.163.

Research article

Interrupted time series analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on emergency and elective surgeries in Iranian hospitals
Siavash Beiranvand, Meysam Behzadifar, Mohammad Hasan Imani-Nasab, Samad Azari, Banafsheh Darvishi Teli, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Mariano Martini, Saeed Shahabi and Masoud Behzadifar
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(3):166–175. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.166.

Short research communication

Needs assessment and gap analysis for national health technology assessments in Lebanon
Christiane Maskineh, Sizar Akoum, Randa Attieh, Reina Alameddine, Alissar Rady and Michèle Kosremelli Asmar
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(3):176–181. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.176.

Policy and practice

A national intervention to reduce harm by combating overuse of medical services in Saudi Arabia
Aeshah Alsagheir, Muna H Hassanein and Rawan A Alshahri
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(3):182–190. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.182.

Ten-year review of renal transplants in Punjab Province, Pakistan
Raja Sajjad Asghar, Javeria Saleem, Usman Javaid, Muddassir Zahoor and Farooq Aziz
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(3):191–197. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.191.

Letter to the editor

The role of advanced practice nursing in the integration of mental health into primary care
Abbas Alameddine, Marianne Chamoun and Jamal Almasri
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(3):198–199. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.198.

Response to a 2022 EMHJ paper on palliative care models in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Noor Safar and Tala Al-Dabbous
East Mediterr Health J. 2025;31(3):200–201. https://doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.3.200.

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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